Belgica Mountains (Antarctica)
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Other Identifiers
Wikidata:
Q815473
Library of congress:
sh 86003200
Sources of Information
- Work cat.: Kokuritsu Kyokuchi Kenkyūjo. 1:25,000 series. Berujika Sanmyaku = Belgica Mountains, 1981.
- Rand McNally.
- BGN, Nov. 19, 1985(Belgica Mountains, mountains, isolated chain of mountains, 10 mile long, 72⁰35'S, 31⁰15'E; variant: Monts Belgica)
Wikipedia description:
Belgica Mountains is an isolated chain of mountains about 10 miles (16 km) long, standing 60 miles (97 km) east-southeast of the Sor Rondane Mountains in Queen Maud Land, in the Antarctic. The chain was discovered by the Belgian Antarctic Expedition (1957-1958) under Gaston de Gerlache, and named after the ship Belgica, commanded by his father, Lt. Adrien de Gerlache, leader of the Belgian Antarctic Expedition of 1897–99.
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