Jerez Peak
Jerez Peak is the ice-covered peak rising to 1400 m at the south extremity of Ravelin Ridge on Clarence Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. It is connected to Mount Llana by Soyka Saddle, and surmounts Treskavets Glacier to the northeast and Highton Glacier to the southeast.
The peak is named after the Spanish mariner Gregorio Jerez who made the second sighting of Roché Island in 1756.
Location
Jerez Peak is located at, which is 2 km north-northeast of Mount Llana and 5 km south of Humble Point. British mapping in 1972 and 2009.Maps
- Scale 1:200000 topographic map. DOS 610 Series, Sheet W 61 54. Directorate of Overseas Surveys, Tolworth, UK, 1972.
- Scale 1:220000 topographic map. UK Antarctic Place-names Committee, 2009.
- Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research. Since 1993, regularly upgraded and updated.