Mount Van Mieghem
| Mount Van Mieghem | ||
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| height | 2450 m | |
| location | Queen Maud Land , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Belgica Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 72 ° 36 ′ 0 ″ S , 31 ° 14 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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Mount Van Mieghem ( French Mont Van Mieghem ) is a 2450 m high mountain in the East Antarctic Queen Maud Land . In the Belgica Mountains, it rises 1.5 km south of Mount Perov .
Participants in the Belgian Antarctic Expedition in 1957/58 under Gaston de Gerlache de Gomery (1919-2006) discovered him. It is named after the Belgian atmospheric researcher Jaques Van Mieghem (1905–1980), president of the scientific committee of the research trip.
Web links
- Mount Van Mieghem in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Mount Van Mieghem on geographic.org (English)