Mount Arronax

Mount Arronax (67°40′S 67°22′W) is an ice-covered, pointed peak, 1,585 m, standing 6 nautical miles (11 km) west-southwest of Nautilus Head and dominating the north part of Pourquoi Pas Island, off the west coast of Graham Land. Black Pass runs northeast–southwest, 3 nautical miles (6 km) west of Mount Arronax.

It was first surveyed in 1936 by the British Graham Land Expedition (BGLE) under Rymill. It was resurveyed in 1948 by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) and named after Professor Pierre Arronax, the central character in Jules Verne's Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea. A number of features on the island are named for characters in the book.

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


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