Mount Banck
| Mount Banck | ||
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| height | 675 m | |
| location | Grahamland , Antarctic Peninsula | |
| Coordinates | 64 ° 55 '18 " S , 63 ° 3' 21" W | |
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The Mount Banck a striking mountain of red rock and a height of 675 m , the Tirado Peninsula on Argentino Channel west of Mascias Cove and east of Thomas Cove on the Danco Coast of Graham Lands on the Antarctic Peninsula dominated.
On February 21, 1832, the English navigator John Biscoe discovered a mountain, which he located on the mainland and named Mount William . In February 1898, the participants in the Belgica expedition (1897–1899) believed they had rediscovered this mountain, albeit on a supposed island which, according to their map, was separated from the mainland coast by a narrow channel and which the expedition leader Adrien de Gerlache de Gomery considered Île Banck named. Much later, aerial photographs revealed that Biscoe's Mount William was a mountain on Anvers Island and that de Gerlaches Island was actually a peninsula. The name of the supposed island was therefore transferred to the mountain on the peninsula described at the beginning. Namesake is a sponsor of the Belgica expedition.
Web links
- Mount Banck in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Mount Banck on geographic.org (English)