Mount Maere

Mount Maere

Mount Maere (72°32′S 31°17′E / 72.533°S 31.283°E / -72.533; 31.283) is a mountain, 2,300 m, on the west side of Norsk Polarinstitutt Glacier immediately southwest of Mount Bastin, in the Belgica Mountains. Discovered by the Belgian Antarctic Expedition, 1957-58, under G. de Gerlache, who named it for Xavier de Maere d'Aertrijcke, second-in-command and chief meteorologist of the expedition.

 This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document "Mount Maere" (content from the Geographic Names Information System).