Mount Paulus
| Mount Paulus | ||
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| height | 2420 m | |
| location | Queen Maud Land , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Belgica Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 72 ° 37 ′ 0 ″ S , 31 ° 0 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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Mount Paulus ( French Mont Paulus ) is a 2420 m high mountain in the East Antarctic Queen Maud Land . It rises in the southwestern part of the Belgica Mountains immediately south of Mount Rossel .
Participants in the Belgian Antarctic Expedition in 1957/58 under Gaston de Gerlache de Gomery (1919-2006) discovered him. It is named after Jean-Pierre Paulus de Châtelet (1920–2000), a sponsor of the research trip.
Web links
- Mount Paulus in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Mount Paulus on geographic.org (English)