Mount Solvay
| Mount Solvay | ||
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| height | 2560 m | |
| location | Queen Maud Land , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Belgica Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 72 ° 34 ′ 0 ″ S , 31 ° 23 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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Mount Solvay ( French Mont Solvay ) is a 2560 m high mountain in the East Antarctic Queen Maud Land . It rises in the Belgica Mountains immediately north of Mount Gillet .
Participant in the Belgian Antarctic Expedition in 1957/58 under Gaston de Gerlache de Gomery (1919–2006) discovered him. It is named after Ernest-John Solvay (1895–1972), grandson of the Belgian entrepreneur Ernest Solvay and sponsor of the research trip.
Web links
- Mount Solvay in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Mount Solvay on geographic.org (English)