Mont des Géants

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Mont des Géants
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height 30  m
location Pétrel Island , Géologie Archipelago , East Antarctica
Coordinates 66 ° 40 ′ 1 ″  S , 140 ° 0 ′ 38 ″  E Coordinates: 66 ° 40 ′ 1 ″  S , 140 ° 0 ′ 38 ″  E
Mont des Géants (Antarctica)
Mont des Géants

The Mont des Géants ( French for the mountain of giant petrels ) is a 30  m high mountain in the center of the Pétrel Island in the Géologie archipelago off the coast of the East Antarctic Adélieland .

French scientists named the mountain in 1977. It is the last remaining refuge for the giant petrel on the island.

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