Mount Mangin (Antarctica)

Mount Mangin is a mountain, 2,040 metres (6,700 ft) high, standing 5 nautical miles (9 km) northeast of Mount Barre on Adelaide Island, Antarctica. It was discovered by the French Antarctic Expedition, 1908–10, and named by Jean-Baptiste Charcot for the noted French botanist Louis A. Mangin.[1]

References

  1. ↑ "Mount Mangin". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2013-08-01.

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Coordinates: 67°25′S 68°26′W / 67.417°S 68.433°W / -67.417; -68.433


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