Mount Verne
Mountain in Graham Land, Antarctica
Mount Verne
Pourquoi Pas Island, Antarctica
Mount Verne is a mountain (1,632 m)[3] standing 6 nautical miles (11 km) east of Bongrain Point and dominating the south part of Pourquoi Pas Island, off the west coast of Graham Land. It was first sighted and roughly surveyed in 1909 by the French Antarctic Expedition under Charcot, and then resurveyed in 1948 by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS). It was named by them for Jules Verne, the author of Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas. Other features on Pourquoi Pas Island are named after characters in this book.
See also
References
- ^ a b c "Antarctica Ultra-Prominences" Peaklist.org. Retrieved 2012-09-05.
- ^ "Mt Verne (1632 meters) Pourquoi Pas Island - February 1991" Pelagic.co.uk. Details of first ascent linked from Footnote #34 on Peaklist.org. Retrieved 2012-09-05.
- ^ "Mount Verne, Antarctica" Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 2012-09-05.
Sources
This article incorporates public domain material from "Mount Verne". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
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