Mont Richard-Foy is the highest mountain in the Île aux Cochons, Crozet Islands, French Southern and Antarctic Lands, Indian Ocean.
Geography This high peak rises in the middle of the western sector of Île aux Cochons, the largest island of the western group of the Crozet archipelago. Some sources give an elevation of . The summit is seasonally covered with snow.
The mountain was named after French Navy officer Frédéric Richard-Foy (1849—1918). He was the commander of La Meurthe, the ship sent in 1887 to search for the survivors of the Tamaris.Terres australes et antarctiques françaises - Commission territoriale de toponymie, Toponymie des terres australes, Commission de toponymie, 1973
See also List of islands by highest point Mont Marion-Dufresne, the highest mountain in the Crozet group.
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External links Conservation and management in the French sub-Antarctic islands and surrounding seas