Mount Rossel

Mount Rossel (72°36′S 31°2′E / 72.600°S 31.033°E / -72.600; 31.033Coordinates: 72°36′S 31°2′E / 72.600°S 31.033°E / -72.600; 31.033) is a mountain, 2,250 m, standing 3 nautical miles (6 km) southwest of Mount Perov in the Belgica Mountains. Discovered by the Belgian Antarctic Expedition, 1957-58, under G. de Gerlache, who named it for Mlle. Marie-Thérèse Rossel, a patron of the expedition.

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