Mount Van Pelt
| Mount Van Pelt | ||
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| height | 2000 m | |
| location | Queen Maud Land , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Queen Fabiola Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 71 ° 15 ′ 0 ″ S , 35 ° 43 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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| Normal way | Alpine tour (glaciated) | |
Mount Van Pelt ( French Mont Van Pelt ) is a 2000 m high, steep and rocky mountain in the East Antarctic Queen Maud Land . In the northern part of the Queen Fabiola Mountains, it rises immediately east of Mount DeBreuck .
Participants in a Belgian Antarctic expedition that lasted from 1959 to 1961 discovered it on October 7, 1960. Expedition leader Guido Derom (1923–2005) named the mountain after Guy Van Pelt, radio operator on the reconnaissance flights on this research trip.
Web links
- Mount Van Pelt in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Mount Van Pelt on geographic.org (English)