Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)
Collated by Programma Nazionale di Ricerche in Antartide (Italy)
in the framework of the SCAR Standing Committee on Antarctic Geographic Information (SCAGI)
Belgica Mountains (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Belgica Mountains (The name as it would appear on a map)
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Feature type: Mountain (2a)
This name originates from United States of America. It is part of the United States Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.
Names that other countries have for this feature:
An isolated chain of mountains c. 10 mi long, standing 60 mi ESE of the Sor Rondane Mountains in Queen Maud Land. Discovered by the BelgAE, 1957-58, under G. de Gerlache, and named after the ship Belgica, commanded by his father, Lt. Adrien de Gerlache, leader of the BelgAE, 1897-99.
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