
Mount Parry
(Brabant Island)
British Antarctic Territory
Location: 64° 15' 35" S 62° 24' 16" W
highest peak (2520m) on Brabant Island, was roughly charted by Foster in February 1829 and named after Adm. Sir William Edward Parry, RN (1790-1855), British Arctic explorer and navigator; Commander of expeditions to the North-west Passage, 1819-20, 1821-23 and 1824-25, and towards the North Pole from Spitsbergen (Svalbard) in 1827; Hydrographer of the Navy, 1825-29 (Acting Hydrographer, 1823-25). The mountain was further charted by the French Antarctic Expedition, 1903-05. Mont Parry. The mountain was photographed from the air by the Falkland Islands and Dependencies Aerial Survey Expedition, 1956-57. The mountain was first climbed by Joint Services Expedition to Brabant Island, 30 October 1984.