Mount Bulcke
| Mount Bulcke | ||
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| height | 1030 m | |
| location | Brabant Island , Palmer Archipelago | |
| Coordinates | 64 ° 28 '43 " S , 62 ° 36' 54" W | |
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Mount Bulcke ( French Mont Bulcke ) is a massive and 1030 m high mountain on the southern foothills of the Brabant Island in the Palmer Archipelago off the west coast of the Antarctic Peninsula . It rises up from an icy ridge extending south from the Solvay Mountains . The Bulcke finger is tied to its west side .
The discovery goes back to participants in the Belgica expedition (1897–1899). The expedition leader, the Belgian polar explorer Adrien de Gerlache de Gomery , named him after Auguste Bulcke from Antwerp , a sponsor of the research trip . The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names translated the name into English in 1952.
Web links
- Mount Bulcke in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Mount Bulcke on geographic.org (English)