Mount Allo
| Mount Allo | ||
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 Mount Allo, photographed by Frederick Cook on the Belgica expedition (1897–1899) |
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| height | 285 m | |
| location | Liège Island , Palmer Archipelago , West Antarctica | |
| Coordinates | 63 ° 58 '28 " S , 61 ° 48' 6" W | |
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Mount Allo ( French Mont Allo ) is a 285 m high mountain on Liège Island in the Palmer Archipelago off the west coast of the Antarctic Peninsula . It rises cone-shaped and covered with snow at Neyt Point in the northeast of Liège Island.
He was discovered during the Belgica expedition (1897–1899). Their expedition leader, the Belgian polar explorer Adrien de Gerlache de Gomery , named the mountain after Narcisse Allô (1839–1916), general director of the Navy in Antwerp .
Web links
- Mount Allo in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Mount Allo on geographic.org (English)