Mount Solvay
Mount Solvay is a mountain, 2,560 m, close north of Mount Gillet in the Belgica Mountains. Discovered by the Belgian Antarctic Expedition, 1957–58, under Gaston de Gerlache, who named it for Ernest John Solvay, a patron of the expedition.Places of Interest
Highlights: Gillet, Mount and Mount Limburg Stirum.
Mount Solvay
- Type: Peak with an elevation of 2,560 metres
- Description: mountain in Queen Maud Land, Antarctica
- Categories: mountain and landform
- Location: Antarctica
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Latitude
-72.5774° or 72° 34′ 39″ south
Longitude
31.40549° or 31° 24′ 20″ east
Elevation
2,560 metres (8,399 feet)
Open location code
2GVHCCF4+25
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peak
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Mount Solvay” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Solvay”
- Chinese: “索爾韋山”
- Czech: “Mount Solvay”
- Czech: “Solvayova hora”
- Dutch: “Mount Solvay”
- French: “Mont Solvay”
- German: “Mount Solvay”
- Ladin: “Mount Solvay”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Mount Solvay”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Mont Solvay”
- Swedish: “Mount Solvay”
- Swedish: “Solvay”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Mount Hoge and Mount Brouwer.
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Worth a closer look: Livingston Island and Villa Las Estrellas.
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