Mount Verhaegen
| Mount Verhaegen | ||
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| height | 2300 m | |
| location | Queen Maud Land , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Belgica Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 72 ° 34 ′ 0 ″ S , 31 ° 8 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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Mount Verhaegen ( French Mont Verhaegen ) is an ice-free and 2300 m high mountain in the East Antarctic Queen Maud Land . It rises immediately west of Mount Perov in the Belgica Mountains .
Participant in the Belgian Antarctic Expedition in 1957/58 under Gaston de Gerlache de Gomery (1919–2006) discovered him. Name giver is Pierre Verhaegen (* 1923), an employee of the research trip.
Web links
- Mount Verhaegen in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Mount Verhaegen on geographic.org (English)