Mount_Gaudry

Mount Gaudry

Mount Gaudry

Mountain in Graham Land, Antarctica

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]

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

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