Belgica Mountains

Belgica Mountains
Highest peak	Mount Victor ( 2590 m )
location	Queen Maud Land , East Antarctica
Coordinates	72 ° 35 ′ S , 31 ° 15 ′ E Coordinates: 72 ° 35 ′ S , 31 ° 15 ′ E

The Belgica Mountains ( French Monts Belgica , Norwegian Belgicafjella ) are an isolated, approximately 15 km long mountain range in the Antarctic , which is located about 100 km east-southeast of the Sør Rondane Mountains in Queen Maud Land . The highest mountain in the Belgica Mountains is Mount Victor with a height of 2590 m .

The mountains include:

f1 Map with all coordinates: OSM | WikiMap

mountain	height	Coordinates
Mount Victor	2590 m	72 ° 36 ′ S , 31 ° 16 ′ E-72.6 31.2666667
Mount Solvay	2560 m	72 ° 34 ' S , 31 ° 23' E-72.5666667 31.3833333
Mount Van der Essen	2525 m	72 ° 35 ' S , 31 ° 23' E-72.5833333 31.3833333
Mount Boë	2520 m	72 ° 35 ′ S , 31 ° 19 ′ E-72.5833333 31.3166667
Mount Imbert	2495 m	72 ° 34 ′ S , 31 ° 28 ′ E-72.5666667 31.4666667
Mount Hoge	2480 m	72 ° 35 ′ S , 31 ° 25 ′ E-72.5833333 31.4166667
Mount Lahaye	2475 m	72 ° 36 ′ S , 31 ° 10 ′ E-72.6 31.1666667
Mount Launoit	2470 m	72 ° 34 ′ S , 31 ° 27 ′ E-72.5666667 31.45
Mount Brouwer	2460 m	72 ° 35 ' S , 31 ° 26' E-72.5833333 31.4333333
Mount Gillet	2460 m	72 ° 34 ' S , 31 ° 23' E-72.5666667 31.3833333
Mount Van Mieghem	2450 m	72 ° 36 ' S , 31 ° 14' E-72.6 31.2333333
Mount Loodts	2420 m	72 ° 32 ′ S , 31 ° 11 ′ E-72.5333333 31.1833333
Mount Paulus	2420 m	72 ° 37 ′ S , 31 ° 0 ′ E-72.6166667 31
Mount Kerckhove de Denterghem	2400 m	72 ° 37 ′ S , 31 ° 8 ′ E-72.6166667 31.1333333
Mount Perov	2380 m	72 ° 34 ′ S , 31 ° 12 ′ E-72.5666667 31.2
Mount Collard	2350 m	72 ° 38 ′ S , 31 ° 7 ′ E-72.6333333 31.1166667
Mount Limburg Stirum	2350 m	72 ° 34 ′ S , 31 ° 19 ′ E-72.5666667 31.3166667
Mount Maere	2300 m	72 ° 32 ′ S , 31 ° 17 ′ E-72.5333333 31.2833333
Mount Verhaegen	2300 m	72 ° 34 ′ S , 31 ° 8 ′ E-72.5666667 31.1333333
Mount Rossel	2250 m	72 ° 36 ′ S , 31 ° 2 ′ E-72.6 31.0333333
Mount Lorette	2200 m	72 ° 32 ′ S , 31 ° 9 ′ E-72.5333333 31.15
Mount Vanderheyden	2120 m	72 ° 30 ′ S , 31 ° 20 ′ E-72.5 31.3333333
Mount Hulshagen	2100 m	72 ° 31 ' S , 31 ° 16' E-72.5166667 31.2666667
Mount Bastin	2000 m	72 ° 32 ′ S , 31 ° 15 ′ E-72.5333333 31.25

The mountains were discovered by the Belgian Antarctic Expedition in 1957/58 under Gaston de Gerlache de Gomery (1919–2006). It was named after the expedition ship Belgica of the first Belgian Antarctic expedition from 1897 to 1899, which was led by de Gerlache's father Adrien de Gerlache de Gomery .

Web links

Belgica Mountains in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
Belgica Mountains on geographic.org (English)

Individual evidence

↑ Belgica Mountains at peakbagger.com (accessed September 23, 2016).
^ John Stewart: Antarctica - An Encyclopedia . Vol. 1 and 2, McFarland & Co., Jefferson and London 2011, ISBN 978-0-7864-3590-6 (English).

[1] Belgica Mountains at peakbagger.com (accessed September 23, 2016).

[2] John Stewart: Antarctica - An Encyclopedia . Vol. 1 and 2, McFarland & Co., Jefferson and London 2011, ISBN 978-0-7864-3590-6 (English).