Mount Limburg Stirum

Location of Mount Limburg Stirum

Mount Limburg Stirum (72°34′S 31°19′E / 72.567°S 31.317°E / -72.567; 31.317Coordinates: 72°34′S 31°19′E / 72.567°S 31.317°E / -72.567; 31.317) is a mountain, 2,350 metres (7,700 ft) high, standing on the east side of Norsk Polarinstitutt Glacier and 1 nautical mile (2 km) north of Mount Boë in the Belgica Mountains of Antarctica. It was discovered by the Belgian Antarctic Expedition, 1957–58, under G. de Gerlache, who named it for Count Charles of Limburg Stirum, a patron of the expedition.^[1]

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 This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document "Mount Limburg Stirum" (content from the Geographic Names Information System).