COMPOSITE GAZETTEER OF ANTARCTICA

Descubierto por la Expedición Antártica Francesa al mando del Dr. Jean B. Charcot, 1908-1910. Visto desde una gran distancia se pensó que era una isla, se nombró esta isla, Gordon Bennett por James Gordon Bennett, 1841-1918, del New York Herald, quien dio ayuda financiera a la expedición. El BGLE Al mando de John Rymill, reconoció esta área en 1936-1937 y no encontrando ninguna isla dio el nombre de monte Edgell por Sir John Augustine Edgell, hidrógrafo de la marina inglesa, 1932-1945, fue desde entonces establecido a través de su uso internacional. Monte situado sobre el cabo Jeremy, al E de la entrada N del canal Jorge VI, en la costa W de la península Tierra de O'Higgins.

rising to 1675m ESE of Cape Jeremy, Fallières Coast, was seen at a distance from Marguerite Bay by FAE, 1908-10, on 16 January 1909 and, appearing as an island, was called Île Gordon Bennett after James Gordon Bennett (1841-1918), Proprietor of the New York Herald, who supported the expedition financially (Charcot, [1911b], p.104; 1912, Pl. 1). The same name was also applied to a peak in Douglas Range (q.v.), which on 21 January 1909 was misidentified as the same feature (Charcot, [1911b], p.116; Bongrain, 1914, vue 39), with the result that the present feature was charted by FAE too far to the NW. Gordon Bennett Island (BA chart 3175, 9.x.1914). Gordon Bennett Öya (HA chart, 1927). The mountain was surveyed by BGLE in 1936 and named Mount Edgell after Vice-Adm. Sir J.A. Edgell, RN (Edgell Bay, q.v.), who assisted the expedition (BA chart 3175, 1.iii.1940; APC, 1955, p.9; DOS 610 sheet W 69 68, 1963). Monte Edgell (Argentina. IGM map, 1946; Pierrou, 1970, p.334; Chile. IHA, 1974, p.112). The mountain was resurveyed by FIDS from "Stonington Island", 1948-49. Edgell Berg, Nicolaas II Eiland, as the same feature (Mount Nicholas, q.v.) (Knapp, 1958, p.581). Monte Gordon Bennet [sic] (Argentina. MM chart 110, 1963). Gora Edzhell (Soviet Union. MMF chart, 1961). Monte Gordon Bernet [sic] (Argentina. MM chart H-717, 1969). Mount Edge 11 [sic] (USDMAAC chart JNC-117N, 1975).

Mountain, 1,675 m, rising eastward of Cape Jeremy, the E side of the N entrance to George VI Sound, on the W coast of Antarctic Peninsula. Discovered by the FrAE under Charcot, 1908-10. Seen from a great distance and thought to be an island, he named it "Ile Gordon Bennett" for James Gordon Bennett (1841-1918) of the New York Herald, who gave financial aid to the expedition. The BGLE under Rymill, surveying this area in 1936-37 and finding no island, applied the name Mount Edgell to the feature now recognized as Charcot's "Ile Gordon Bennett." The name Mount Edgell, after Sir John Augustine Edgell, Hydrographer of the British Navy, 1932-45, has since become established through international usage.