Mount Gerlache
| Mount Gerlache | ||
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| height | 980 m | |
| location | Victoria Land , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Transantarctic Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 74 ° 59 ′ 0 ″ S , 162 ° 26 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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Mount Gerlache is a prominent 980 m high mountain on the Scott coast of East Antarctica, Victoria Land . It rises on the northeast flank of the Larsen Glacier between the Widowmaker Pass and the Backstairs Passage Glacier .
Participants in the Discovery Expedition (1901-1904), led by the British polar explorer Robert Falcon Scott, discovered and named him. It is named after the Belgian polar explorer Adrien de Gerlache de Gomery (1866–1934).
Web links
- Mount Gerlache in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Mount Gerlache on geographic.org (English)