Mount Bastin
| Mount Bastin | ||
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| height | 2000 m | |
| location | Queen Maud Land , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Belgica Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 72 ° 32 ′ 0 ″ S , 31 ° 15 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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Mount Bastin ( French Mont Bastin ) is a 2000 m high mountain in the East Antarctic Queen Maud Land . It rises 1.5 km north of Mount Perov in the Belgica Mountains .
Participants in the Belgian Antarctic Expedition in 1957/58 under Gaston de Gerlache de Gomery (1919-2006) discovered him. It is named after the Belgian meteorologist and polar researcher Félix E. Bastin (1920–1969), who helped with the scientific preparation of the research trip. The English-language name has been accepted by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names since 1965 .
Web links
- Mount Bastin in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Mount Bastin on geographic.org (English)