The Brugmann Mountains (), rising to ,Reference Elevation Model of Antarctica.
Polar Geospatial Center. University of Minnesota, 2019 are steep and rugged on the east slopes but are icecapped and descend gently toward the west, extending in a northeast–southwest arc along the east side of

Liège Island Liège Island (in English also Liege Island) is an island, long and wide, lying immediately northeast of Brabant Island in the Palmer Archipelago, and separated from Hoseason Island and Christiania Islands to the northeast by Croker Passage. ...

, in the

Palmer Archipelago Palmer Archipelago, also known as Antarctic Archipelago, Archipiélago Palmer, Antarktiske Arkipel or Palmer Inseln, is a group of islands off the northwestern coast of the Antarctic Peninsula. It extends from Tower Island in the north to Anvers ...

. Their principal peaks are Mount Vesalius, Pavlov Peak (summit of the feature), Mishev Bluff, Mount Kozyak, Vazharov Peak and Balkanov Peak. The mountains were discovered by the

Belgian Antarctic Expedition The Belgian Antarctic Expedition of 1897–1899 was the first expedition to winter in the Antarctic region. Led by Adrien de Gerlache de Gomery aboard the RV ''Belgica'', it was the first Belgian Antarctic expedition and is considered the firs ...

under

Gerlache Baron Adrien Victor Joseph de Gerlache de Gomery (; 2 August 1866 – 4 December 1934) was a Belgian officer in the Belgian Royal Navy who led the Belgian Antarctic Expedition of 1897–99. Early years Born in Hasselt in eastern Belgium as ...

, 1897–99, and named by him for

Georges Brugmann Georges Edmond Brugmann (1829–1900) was a Belgian financier and philanthropist. Life Brugmann was born in Verviers on 18 October 1829, the son of the industrialist and financier Frédéric Brugmann. He studied at the Ecole Centrale de Commerce ...

, a patron of the expedition.

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* Mountain ranges of the Palmer Archipelago Liège Island {{LiegeIsland-geo-stub