Ravel Peak
Peak in Antarctica
Ravel Peak (69°55′S 71°17′W / 69.917°S 71.283°W / -69.917; -71.283) is an isolated peak, rising to about 1,300 m, surmounting Debussy Heights situated in the northern portion of Alexander Island, Antarctica. The peak is markedly pyramid shaped when viewed from the east side. First mapped from air photos taken by the Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition (RARE), 1947–48, by Searle of the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) in 1960. Named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) after Maurice Ravel (1875–1937), French composer and in association with the nearby landforms named after composers in this area.
See also
- Copland Peak
- Lamina Peak
- Richter Peaks
- v
- t
- e
Maurice Ravel
- Daphnis et Chloé (ballet)
- L'enfant et les sortilèges (opera)
- L'éventail de Jeanne (ballet)
- L'heure espagnole (opera)
- Ma mère l'Oye (ballet)
- Alborada del gracioso
- Boléro
- Le Tombeau de Couperin
- La valse
- Ma mère l'Oye
- Menuet antique
- Miroirs
- Pavane pour une infante défunte
- Pictures at an Exhibition
- Rapsodie espagnole
- Shéhérazade
- Valses nobles et sentimentales
- Piano Concerto in D for the Left Hand
- Piano Concerto in G
- Tzigane
- Introduction and Allegro for Harp, Flute, Clarinet, and String Quartet
- Piano Trio in A minor
- Sonata for Violin and Cello
- Violin Sonata No. 1
- Violin Sonata No. 2
- String Quartet in F
- Tzigane
- Gaspard de la nuit
- Jeux d'eau
- Le Tombeau de Couperin
- Menuet antique
- Menuet sur le nom d'Haydn
- Miroirs
- Pavane pour une infante défunte
- Sonatine
- Valses nobles et sentimentales
Category
This article incorporates public domain material from "Ravel Peak". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. 
 | This Alexander Island location article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
- v
- t
- e
