Belgica Mountains

Belgica Mountains is an isolated chain of mountains about 10 miles (16 km) long, standing 60 miles (97 km) east-southeast of the Sor Rondane Mountains in Queen Maud Land, in the Antarctic. The chain was discovered by the Belgian Antarctic Expedition (1957-58) under Gaston de Gerlache, and named after the ship Belgica, commanded by his father, Lt. Adrien de Gerlache, leader of the Belgian Antarctic Expedition of 1897-99.^[1]

List of mountains

• Mount Bastin – 2,000 metres (6,562 ft) ()
  A mountain standing 1 nautical mile (1.9 km) north of Mount Perov. Discovered by the Belgian Antarctic Expedition who named it for Captain Frank Bastin, who assisted in the scientific preparation of the expedition.^[2]

• Mount Brouwer – 2,460 metres (8,071 ft)
  A mountain between Mount Hoge and Mount Launoit. Discovered by the Belgian Antarctic Expedition, 1957-58, who named it for Carl de Brouwer, a patron of the expedition.^[3]

• Mount Gillet – 2,460 metres (8,071 ft)
  A mountain standing just north of Mount Van der Essen. Discovered by the Belgian Antarctic Expedition, 1957-58, who named it for Charles Gillet, a patron of the expedition.^[4]

• Mount Hoge – 2,480 metres (8,136 ft)
  A mountain between Mount Van der Essen and Mount Brouwer. Discovered by the Belgian Antarctic Expedition, 1957-58, who named it for Edmond Hoge, member of the scientific committee of the expedition.^[5]

• Mount Imbert – 2,495 metres (8,186 ft)
  A mountain standing close northeast of Mount Launoit in the east part of the mountain range. Discovered by the Belgian Antarctic Expedition, 1957-58, who named it for Bertrand Imbert, leader of the French Antarctic Expedition, 1956-57.^[6]

• Mount Launoit – 2,470 metres (8,104 ft)
  A mountain between Mount Brouwer and Mount Imbert. Discovered by the Belgian Antarctic Expedition, 1958-59, who named it for Count de Launoit, President of the BRUFINA Society which gave financial assistance to the expedition.^[7]

• Mount Perov – 2,380 metres (7,808 ft)
  A mountain just west of the terminus of Norsk Polarinstitutt Glacier. Discovered by the Belgian Antarctic Expedition, 1957-58, who named it for Commander V. Perov, Soviet pilot who came to the aid of four members of the Belgian Antarctic Expedition in December 1958.^[8]

• Mount Van Mieghem – 2,450 metres (8,038 ft)
  A mountain standing 1 mi south of Mount Perov. Discovered by the Belgian Antarctic Expedition, 1957-58, who named it for Prof. Jacques Van Mieghem, president of the scientific committee of the expedition.^[9]

• Mount Van der Essen – 2,525 metres (8,284 ft)
  A mountain just south of Mount Gillet. Discovered by the Belgian Antarctic Expedition, 1957-58, who named it for Alfred Van der Essen, director at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and a patron of the expedition.^[10]

• Mount Victor – 2,590 metres (8,497 ft)
  A mountain between Mount Van Mieghem and Mount Boe. It was discovered by the Belgian Antarctic Expedition, 1957-58, who named it for the French polar explorer Paul-Émile Victor, a counselor of the expedition.^[11]

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