Mount Eyskens

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Mount Eyskens (71°32′S, 35°36′E) is a large rock and ice massif rising to 2,300 m next northward of Mount Derom in the Queen Fabiola Mountains. Discovered by the Belgian Antarctic Expedition under Guido Derom, October 7, 1960, and named for Albert Eyskens, pilot of one of the two aircraft used by the Belgian reconnoitering party in this area.


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