Mount Gaudry

Mount Gaudry is a mountain, 2,315 metres (7,600 ft) high, rising close southwest of Mount Barre and 5 nautical miles (9 km) north-northwest of Mount Liotard in the southern part of Adelaide Island, Antarctica. It was discovered by the French Antarctic Expedition, 1903–05, under Jean-Baptiste Charcot, who named it after Albert Gaudry, a prominent French paleontologist.[2]

Mount Gaudry
Highest point
Elevation2,315 m (7,595 ft) [1]
Prominence2,315 m (7,595 ft) [1]
ListingUltra
Coordinates67°32′S 68°37′W [2]
Geography
LocationAdelaide Island, Antarctica

See also

References
  1. "Antarctica Ultra-Prominences" Peaklist.org. Retrieved 2011-12-08.
  2. "Gaudry, Mount". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2012-04-18.

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