Mount Victor
| Mount Victor | ||
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| height | 2590 m | |
| location | Queen Maud Land , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Belgica Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 72 ° 36 ′ 0 ″ S , 31 ° 16 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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Mount Victor ( French Mont Victor ) is at 2590 m the highest mountain of the Belgica Mountains in the East Antarctic Queen Maud Land . It rises between Mount Van Mieghem and Mount Boë .
Participants in the Belgian Antarctic Expedition in 1957/58 under Gaston de Gerlache de Gomery (1919-2006) discovered him. It is named after the French polar explorer Paul-Émile Victor (1907–1995), who advised the expedition.
Web links
- Mount Victor in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Mount Victor on geographic.org (English)