Arms of the British Antarctic Territory

Laussedat Heights

(Danco Coast)

British Antarctic Territory

Location: 64° 47' 11" S 62° 29' 19" W
rising to 1340m on NE side of Andvord Bay, Danco Coast, were photographed from the air by the Falkland Islands and Dependencies Aerial Survey Expedition and surveyed from the ground by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey from 'Danco Island', 1956-57; in association with the names of pioneers of photogrammetry grouped in this area, named after Aimé Laussedat (1819-1907), French military engineer, called 'the father of photogrammetry', who pioneered the application of photography to surveying from c. 1851 onwards.