Mount Ader
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Mount Ader is a mountain along the north side of Breguet Glacier
and just southeast of Mount Cornu
, in northern Graham Land
. Shown on an Argentine government chart in 1957. Named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) in 1960 for Clément Ader
, French
pioneer aeronaut, probably the first man to leave the ground in a heavier-than-air machine solely as the result of an engine contained in it.
Breguet Glacier
Breguet Glacier is a glacier flowing into Cierva Cove south of Gregory Glacier, on the west coast of Graham Land. It was shown on an Argentine government chart of 1957, and named by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee in 1960 for Louis Breguet and Jacques Breguet, French aircraft designers who...
and just southeast of Mount Cornu
Mount Cornu
Mount Cornu is a mountain standing at the head of Gregory Glacier and north of Breguet Glacier, in northern Graham Land. It was shown on an Argentine government chart of 1957, but named by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee in 1960 for Paul Cornu, a French engineer who, in a machine of his own...
, in northern Graham Land
Graham Land
Graham Land is that portion of the Antarctic Peninsula which lies north of a line joining Cape Jeremy and Cape Agassiz. This description of Graham Land is consistent with the 1964 agreement between the British Antarctic Place-names Committee and the US Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names, in...
. Shown on an Argentine government chart in 1957. Named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) in 1960 for Clément Ader
Clément Ader
Clément Ader was a French inventor and engineer born in Muret, Haute Garonne, and is remembered primarily for his pioneering work in aviation.- The inventor :...
, French
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
pioneer aeronaut, probably the first man to leave the ground in a heavier-than-air machine solely as the result of an engine contained in it.