Mount Bigo
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Mount Bigo is an 1,980 m mountain
in Lisiya Ridge
on Magnier Peninsula
, Graham Coast
in Graham Land
, standing immediately southwest of Mount Perchot
at the head of Bigo Bay
. Discovered by the French Antarctic Expedition
, 1908–10, and named by Charcot, probably for Robert Bigo of Calais
, a member of the Ligue Maritime Française.
Mountain
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in Lisiya Ridge
Lisiya Ridge
Lisiya Ridge is the ice-covered ridge at the base of Magnier Peninsula, Graham Coast on the west side of Antarctic Peninsula, extending 16 km in northeast-southwest direction between the heads of Leroux Bay and Bigo Bay, and 11 km wide. Bounded by Comrie Glacier to the south and a...
on Magnier Peninsula
Magnier Peninsula
Magnier Peninsula is the mostly ice-covered peninsula projecting 18 km in northwest direction from Graham Coast in Graham Land, Antarctica. It is 17 km wide between Leroux Bay to the northeast and Bigo Bay to the southwest...
, Graham Coast
Graham Coast
Graham Coast is the portion of the west coast of Graham Land in Antarctic Peninsula, extending 172 km between Cape Bellue to the southwest and Cape Renard to the northeast....
in 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...
, standing immediately southwest of Mount Perchot
Mount Perchot
Mount Perchot is a mountain, 2,040 m, surmounted by Lisiya Ridge, a prominent ridge extending in a general north-south direction, standing 4 nautical miles southeast of Magnier Peaks on Magnier Peninsula, Graham Coast in Graham Land, Antarctica...
at the head of Bigo Bay
Bigo Bay
Bigo Bay is a bay long and wide, indenting the west coast of Graham Land between Cape Garcia and the peninsula surmounted by Magnier Peaks. The French Antarctic Expedition, 1908–10, first sighted this bay but charted it as the southern part of Leroux Bay...
. Discovered by 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....
, 1908–10, and named by Charcot, probably for Robert Bigo of Calais
Calais
Calais is a town in Northern France in the department of Pas-de-Calais, of which it is a sub-prefecture. Although Calais is by far the largest city in Pas-de-Calais, the department's capital is its third-largest city of Arras....
, a member of the Ligue Maritime Française.
Maps
- British Antarctic Territory. Scale 1:200000 topographic map. DOS 610 Series, Sheet W 65 64. Directorate of Overseas Surveys, Tolworth, UK, 1971.