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Mount Calais

Coordinates: 69°11′S 70°15′W / 69.183°S 70.250°W / -69.183; -70.250
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Mount Calias
Highest point
Elevation2,345 m (7,694 ft)
Coordinates69°11′S 70°15′W / 69.183°S 70.250°W / -69.183; -70.250
Geography
LocationAlexander Island, Antarctica

Mount Calais (69°11′S 70°15′W / 69.183°S 70.250°W / -69.183; -70.250) is a massive mountain, 2,345 metres (7,700 ft) high, at the northwest side of Schokalsky Bay in the northeast part of Alexander Island, Antarctica. It was first roughly surveyed in 1909 by the French Antarctic Expedition under Jean-Baptiste Charcot, who named it for the French city of Calais. The mountain was resurveyed in 1948 by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey. Mount Calais is the eighth-highest point of Alexander Island while Mount Stephenson remains the highest of all the peaks.

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  • Public Domain This article incorporates public domain material from "Calais, Mount". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.