Mount Gaudry

Mount Gaudry
Highest point
Elevation2,560 m (8,400 ft)[1]
Prominence2,560 m (8,400 ft)[2]
ListingUltra, Ribu
Coordinates67°32′S 68°37′W / 67.533°S 68.617°W / -67.533; -68.617[3]
Geography

Mount Gaudry is a mountain, 2,560 metres (8,400 ft) high, rising close southwest of Mount Barre and 5 nautical miles (9 km) north-northwest of Mount Liotard in the southern part of Adelaide Island, Antarctica. It was discovered by the French Antarctic Expedition, 1903–05, under Jean-Baptiste Charcot, who named it after Albert Gaudry, a prominent French paleontologist.[3]

See also

References

  1. ^ "World Ribus – West Antarctica Ranges". World Ribus. Retrieved 2024-12-26.
  2. ^ "World Ribus – West Antarctica Ranges". World Ribus. Retrieved 2024-12-26.
  3. ^ a b "Gaudry, Mount". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2012-04-18.

Public Domain This article incorporates public domain material from "Gaudry, Mount". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.


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