Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)
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in the framework of the SCAR Standing Committee on Antarctic Geographic Information (SCAGI)
Lacroix, Monte (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Lacroix, Monte (The name as it would appear on a map)
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Feature type: Mountain (2a)
This name originates from Chile. It is part of the Chile Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.
Names that other countries have for this feature:
Fue cartografiado primero por la Expedición Antártica Francesa de los años 1903-1905, al mando del Dr. Jean B. Charcot, quien la denominó así por Alfred Lacroix, prominente minerologista y geólogo francés. Monte prominente de laderas verticales abruptadas de piedra color rojizo y de cima redondeada de 635 metros de altura, en el extremo NE de isla Booth al W de la costa de la península Tierra de O'Higgins.
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