Eilerts de Haan Mountains

Eilerts de Haan Mountains

Eilerts de Haan Mountains ( _nl. Eilerts de Haan Gebergte) is a mountain range in Sipaliwini District, Suriname, located at around coord|3|N|56.1666667|W. It is a southern part of Wilhelmina Mountains and is maximum 986 m high.

The first scientific expeditions were made in the early 20th century by Eilerts de Haan. It is named after catrographer Eilerts de Haan, who died cause of malaria in 1910 and is buried at the bottom of this mountain range.

References

* cite book
last = Bruijning
first = Conrad Friederich Albert
coauthors = Jan Voorhoeve
title = Encyclopedie van Suriname
publisher = Elsevier
date = Amsterdam, 1977
month =
id = ISBN 90-10-01842-3


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