Mount Kerckhove de Denterghem
| Mount Kerckhove de Denterghem | ||
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| height | 2400 m | |
| location | Queen Maud Land , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Belgica Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 72 ° 37 ′ 0 ″ S , 31 ° 8 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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Mount Kerckhove de Denterghem ( French Mont De Kerckhove de Denterghem ) is a 2400 m high mountain in the East Antarctic Queen Maud Land . It rises just north of Mount Collard 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 Count Charles de Kerckhove de Denterghem, a sponsor of the research trip.
Web links
- Mount Kerckhove de Denterghem in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Mount Kerckhove de Denterghem on geographic.org (English)