Mount Kerckhove de Denterghem (72°37′S 31°8′E / 72.617°S 31.133°E / -72.617; 31.133) is a mountain, 2,400 metres (8,000 ft) high, just north of Mount Collard in the Belgica Mountains of Antarctica. It was discovered by the Belgian Antarctic Expedition, 1957–58, under G. de Gerlache, who named it for Count Charles de Kerchove de Denterghem, a patron of the expedition.[1]

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  1. ↑ "Mount Kerckhove de Denterghem". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2013-04-29.

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