De Gerlacheberget
| De Gerlacheberget | ||
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| location | Queen Maud Land , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Sør Rondane | |
| Coordinates | 72 ° 2 ′ 30 ″ S , 27 ° 19 ′ 30 ″ E | |
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The De Gerlacheberget ( Norwegian is) a mountain in the East Antarctic Queen Maud Land . In the eastern part of the Sør Rondane Mountains, it rises north of Oberstbreen in the far west of Balchenfjella .
Scientists at the Norwegian Polar Institute named it in 1973 after the French polar explorer Gaston de Gerlache de Gomery (1919-2006).
Web links
- De Gerlacheberget in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English)
- De Gerlacheberget in the directory of the Norwegian Polar Institute