Mount Cloos
| Mount Cloos | ||
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| height | 915 m | |
| location | Grahamland , Antarctic Peninsula | |
| Coordinates | 65 ° 6 ′ 12 ″ S , 63 ° 56 ′ 30 ″ W | |
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| Normal way | Alpine tour (glaciated) | |
Mount Cloos ( French Mont Cloos ) is a 915 m high and dome-shaped mountain on the Graham Coast of Graham Land in the north of the Antarctic Peninsula . It rises 3 km northeast of Cape Cloos on the north bank of Girard Bay .
Participants in the Belgica expedition (1897–1899), led by the Belgian polar explorer Adrien de Gerlache de Gomery, discovered the bay. During the Fourth French Antarctic Expedition (1903-1905), the French polar explorer Jean-Baptiste Charcot made the name based on that of the cape of the same name. Its namesake is the Danish merchant Christian Cloos (1863-1941), Belgium's honorary consul in Denmark. The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee converted the French name into English on July 7, 1959.
Web links
- Mount Cloos in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Mount Cloos on geographic.org (English)