De Gerlache Seamounts
   HOME

TheInfoList



Click Here for Items Related To - De Gerlache Seamounts
OR:
De Gerlache Seamounts on:   [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Amazon]

De Gerlache Seamounts () are seamounts in
Antarctica Antarctica () is Earth's southernmost and least-populated continent. Situated almost entirely south of the Antarctic Circle and surrounded by the Southern Ocean (also known as the Antarctic Ocean), it contains the geographic South Pole. ...
, named for Lieutenant Adrien Victor Joseph de Gerlache ( Royal Belgian Navy), Commander of the ''Belgica'' during the first
Belgian Antarctic Expedition The Belgian Antarctic Expedition of 1897–1899 was the first expedition to winter in the Antarctic region. Led by Adrien de Gerlache de Gomery aboard the RV ''Belgica'', it was the first Belgian Antarctic expedition and is considered the fir ...
, 1896–1899.


References

* Seamounts of the Southern Ocean {{marine-geo-stub