DuFief, Sierra
The Sierra DuFief is a mountain range 4 nautical miles long with numerous sharp peaks, the highest at 1,415 metres, extending in a northeast–southwest direction in the south part of Wiencke Island, in the Palmer Archipelago.Photo: Georges Nijs, CC BY 2.0.
- Type: Mountain with an elevation of 1,415 metres
- Description: Mountain range in Antarctica
- Also known as: “Fief Mountains” and “Sierra DuFief”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Luigi Peak and Janssen Peak.
Luigi Peak
Peak
Photo: Harley D. Nygren, Public domain.
Savoia Peak is a peak, 1,415 m, at the northeast end of Sierra DuFief, a mountain range in the southwest part of Wiencke Island, in the Palmer Archipelago. Luigi Peak is situated 2½ km northeast of DuFief, Sierra.
Janssen Peak
Peak
Janssen Peak is a conspicuous peak, 1,085 metres high, forming the southwestern end of the Sierra DuFief in the southwestern part of Wiencke Island, in the Palmer Archipelago, Antarctica. Janssen Peak is situated 2½ km southwest of DuFief, Sierra.
Stokes Hill
Peak
Stokes Hill is a small but prominent rocky peak, 270 m, lying 1 nautical mile southeast of Doumer Hill on Doumer Island, in the Palmer Archipelago. First charted by the French Antarctic Expedition under Charcot, 1903–05. Stokes Hill is situated 3½ km west of DuFief, Sierra.
DuFief, Sierra
- Categories: mountain range and landform
- Location: Antarctica
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Venetian—“DuFief, Sierra” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “DuFief”
- Chinese: “杜菲夫山脈”
- German: “Sierra DuFief”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Sierra DuFief”
- Spanish: “Du Fief, Sierra”
- Swedish: “DuFief”
- Venetian: “Siera DuFief”
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