Coordinates: 72°32′S 31°17′E / 72.533°S 31.283°E / -72.533; 31.283

Mount Maere

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Mount Maere (72°32′S 31°17′E / 72.533°S 31.283°E / -72.533; 31.283) is a mountain, 2,300 metres (7,500 ft) high, on the west side of Norsk Polarinstitutt Glacier immediately southwest of Mount Bastin, in the Belgica Mountains of Antarctica. It was discovered by the Belgian Antarctic Expedition, 1957–58, under G. de Gerlache, who named it for Xavier de Maere d'Aertrijcke, second-in-command and chief meteorologist of the expedition.[1]

References

  1. "Mount Maere". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2013-07-24.

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