Belgica Mountains is an isolated chain of mountain

Mountain

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s about 10 miles (16.1 km) long, standing 60 miles (96.6 km) east-southeast of the Sor Rondane Mountains

Sor Rondane Mountains

The Sør Rondane Mountains are a group of mountains about 100 miles long with main peaks rising to 3, 400 m, between the Queen Fabiola Mountains and Wohlthat Mountains in Queen Maud Land. They were discovered and photographed from the air by members of the Lars Christensen Expedition on February 6,...

 in Queen Maud Land

Queen Maud Land

Queen Maud Land is a c. 2.7 million-square-kilometre region of Antarctica claimed as a dependent territory by Norway. The territory lies between 20° west and 45° east, between the British Antarctic Territory to the west and the Australian Antarctic Territory to the east. The latitudinal...

, in the Antarctic

Antarctic

The Antarctic is the region around the Earth's South Pole, opposite the Arctic region around the North Pole. The Antarctic comprises the continent of Antarctica and the ice shelves, waters and island territories in the Southern Ocean situated south of the Antarctic Convergence...

. The chain was discovered by the Belgian Antarctic Expedition

Belgian Antarctic Expedition

The Belgian Antarctic Expedition of 1897 to 1899, named after its expedition vessel Belgica, was the first expedition to winter in the Antarctic region.- Preparation and Surveying :...

 (1957-58) under Gaston de Gerlache

Gaston de Gerlache

Baron Gaston de Gerlache de Gomery was a Belgian polar explorer.Gaston de Gerlache was the son of Adrien de Gerlache and followed in the tracks of his father by leading the second Belgian expedition to Antarctica in 1957-1958, 60 years after his father lead the first with the ship Belgica.During...

, and named after the ship Belgica

RV Belgica (1884)

Belgica was a barque-rigged steamship that was built in 1884 by Christian Brinch Jørgensen at Svelvik, Norway as the whaler Patria. In 1896, she was purchased by Adrien de Gerlache for conversion to a research ship, taking part in the Belgian Antarctic Expedition of 1897–1901, becoming the first...

, commanded by his father, Lt. Adrien de Gerlache

Adrien de Gerlache

Baron Adrien Victor Joseph de Gerlache de Gomery was an officer in the Belgian Royal Navy who led the Belgian Antarctic Expedition of 1897 to 1899.-His early years:...

, leader of the Belgian Antarctic Expedition of 1897-99.

List of mountains

• Mount Bastin – 2000 metres (6,562 ft)
  A mountain standing 1 nautical mile (1.9 km) north of Mount Perov. Discovered by the Belgian Antarctic Expedition who named it for Captain Frank Bastin, who assisted in the scientific preparation of the expedition.

• Mount Brouwer – 2460 metres (8,071 ft) 72°35′S 31°26′E
  A mountain between Mount Hoge and Mount Launoit. Discovered by the Belgian Antarctic Expedition, 1957-58, who named it for Carl de Brouwer, a patron of the expedition.

• Mount Gillet – 2460 metres (8,071 ft) 72°34′S 31°23′E
  A mountain standing just north of Mount Van der Essen. Discovered by the Belgian Antarctic Expedition, 1957-58, who named it for Charles Gillet, a patron of the expedition.

• Mount Hoge – 2480 metres (8,136 ft) 72°34′S 31°23′E
  A mountain between Mount Van der Essen and Mount Brouwer. Discovered by the Belgian Antarctic Expedition, 1957-58, who named it for Edmond Hoge, member of the scientific committee of the expedition.

• Mount Imbert – 2495 metres (8,186 ft) 72°35′S 31°28′E
  A mountain standing close northeast of Mount Launoit in the east part of the mountain range. Discovered by the Belgian Antarctic Expedition, 1957-58, who named it for Bertrand Imbert, leader of the French Antarctic Expedition
  French Antarctic Expedition
  French Antarctic Expedition refers to several French expeditions in Antarctica.-First expedition:Yves-Joseph de Kerguelen-Trémarec was a French explorer....
  
  , 1956-57.

• Mount Launoit – 2470 metres (8,104 ft) 72°34′S 31°27′E
  A mountain between Mount Brouwer and Mount Imbert. Discovered by the Belgian Antarctic Expedition, 1958-59, who named it for Count de Launoit, President of the BRUFINA Society which gave financial assistance to the expedition.

• Mount Perov – 2380 metres (7,808 ft) 72°34′S 31°12′E
  A mountain just west of the terminus of Norsk Polarinstitutt Glacier. Discovered by the Belgian Antarctic Expedition, 1957-58, who named it for Commander V. Perov, Soviet pilot who came to the aid of four members of the Belgian Antarctic Expedition in December 1958.

• Mount Van Mieghem – 2450 metres (8,038 ft) 72°36′S 31°14′E
  A mountain standing 1 mi south of Mount Perov. Discovered by the Belgian Antarctic Expedition, 1957-58, who named it for Prof. Jacques Van Mieghem, president of the scientific committee of the expedition.

• Mount Van der Essen – 2525 metres (8,284 ft) 72°34′S 31°23′E
  A mountain just south of Mount Gillet. Discovered by the Belgian Antarctic Expedition, 1957-58, who named it for Alfred Van der Essen, director at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and a patron of the expedition.

• Mount Victor – 2590 metres (8,497 ft) 72°36′S 31°16′E
  A mountain between Mount Van Mieghem and Mount Boe
  Mount Boe
  Mount Boe is a mountain, 2,520 m, standing 1 nautical mile northeast of Mount Victor in the Belgica Mountains. Discovered by the Belgian Antarctic Expedition, 1957-58, under G. de Gerlache, who named it for Captain Sigmund Boe, commander of the ship Polarhav, which transported the expedition....
  
  . It was discovered by the Belgian Antarctic Expedition, 1957-58, who named it for the French polar explorer Paul-Émile Victor
  Paul-Émile Victor
  Paul-Émile Victor was a French ethnologist and explorer.Victor was born in Geneva, Switzerland. He graduated from École Centrale de Lyon in 1928. In 1934, he participated in an expedition traversing Greenland...
  
  , a counselor of the expedition.