Ravel Peak
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Ravel Peak is a peak
Summit (topography)
In topography, a summit is a point on a surface that is higher in elevation than all points immediately adjacent to it. Mathematically, a summit is a local maximum in elevation...

, about 1,300 m, surmounting Debussy Heights
Debussy Heights
Debussy Heights is a heights which rise to 1,300 m east of Mozart Ice Piedmont in the north part of Alexander Island. First mapped from air photos taken by the Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition , 1947-48, by Searle of the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey in 1960...

 in the north part of Alexander Island
Alexander Island
Alexander Island or Alexander I Island or Alexander I Land or Alexander Land is the largest island of Antarctica, with an area of lying in the Bellingshausen Sea west of the base of the Antarctic Peninsula, from which it is separated by Marguerite Bay and George VI Sound. Alexander Island lies off...

. The peak is markedly pyramid shaped when seen from the east. First mapped from air photos taken by the Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition
Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition
The Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition was an expedition from 1947-1948 which researched the area surrounding the head of the Weddell Sea in Antarctica.-Background:...

 (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
Maurice Ravel
Joseph-Maurice Ravel was a French composer known especially for his melodies, orchestral and instrumental textures and effects...

(1875–1937), French composer.
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