Mount Paulus

Mount Paulus (72°37′S 31°0′E / 72.617°S 31.000°E / -72.617; 31.000Coordinates: 72°37′S 31°0′E / 72.617°S 31.000°E / -72.617; 31.000) is a mountain, 2,420 m, close south of Mount Rossel in the southwest part of the Belgica Mountains. Discovered by the Belgian Antarctic Expedition, 1957–58, under G. de Gerlache, who named it for Jean-Pierre Paulus, a patron of the expedition.

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