- Mount Gaston de Gerlache
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Mount Gaston de Gerlache (71°44′S 35°49′E / 71.733°S 35.817°E) is the southernmost massif (2,400 m) in the Queen Fabiola Mountains. Discovered on October 7, 1960 by the Belgian Antarctic Expedition, 1960, under Guido Derom. Named by Derom for Gaston de Gerlache de Gomery, son of Adrien de Gerlache de Gomery (leader of the Belgica expedition, 1897-99). Gaston de Gerlache de Gomery led the Belgian Antarctic Expedition, 1957-58, which landed on Princess Ragnhild Coast and built the Roi Baudouin Station to carry out the scientific program of the IGY.
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