Mount Verne
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Mount Verne is a mountain
(1,645 m) standing 6 nautical miles (11 km) east of Bongrain Point
and dominating the south part of Pourquoi Pas Island
, off the west coast of Graham Land
. It was first sighted and roughly surveyed in 1909 by the French Antarctic Expedition
under Charcot, and then resurveyed in 1948 by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS). It was named by them for Jules Verne
, the author of Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea
. Other features on Pourquoi Pas Island are named after characters in this book.
Mountain
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(1,645 m) standing 6 nautical miles (11 km) east of Bongrain Point
Bongrain Point
Bongrain Point is a headland which forms the south side of the entrance to Dalgliesh Bay on the west side of Pourquoi Pas Island, off the west coast of Graham Land...
and dominating the south part of Pourquoi Pas Island
Pourquoi Pas Island
Pourquoi Pas Island is a mountainous island, long and from wide, lying between Bigourdan Fjord and Bourgeois Fjord off the west coast of Graham Land. It was discovered by the French Antarctic Expedition under Charcot, 1908-10...
, off the west coast of 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...
. It was first sighted and roughly surveyed in 1909 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....
under Charcot, and then resurveyed in 1948 by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS). It was named by them for Jules Verne
Jules Verne
Jules Gabriel Verne was a French author who pioneered the science fiction genre. He is best known for his novels Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea , A Journey to the Center of the Earth , and Around the World in Eighty Days...
, the author of Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea
Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea
Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea is a classic science fiction novel by French writer Jules Verne published in 1870. It tells the story of Captain Nemo and his submarine Nautilus as seen from the perspective of Professor Pierre Aronnax...
. Other features on Pourquoi Pas Island are named after characters in this book.