Mount Vesalius
| Mount Vesalius | ||
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| height | 765 m | |
| location | Liège Island , Palmer Archipelago , West Antarctica | |
| Coordinates | 64 ° 4 ′ 3 ″ S , 61 ° 59 ′ 18 ″ W | |
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Mount Vesalius is a 765 m high mountain on Liège Island in the Palmer Archipelago off the west coast of the Antarctic Peninsula . It rises northwest of Macleod Point .
The mountain is first recorded on an Argentine map from 1950. The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named it in 1960 after the Flemish anatomist Andreas Vesalius (1514–1564).
Web links
- Mount Vesalius in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Mount Vesalius on geographic.org (English)