Mount Bouvier () is a massive, mainly ice-covered mountain, high, immediately north of the head of
Stonehouse Bay in the east part of
Adelaide Island. It was discovered and roughly positioned by the
French Antarctic Expedition, 1903–05, and named by
Jean-Baptiste Charcot
Jean-Baptiste-Étienne-Auguste Charcot (15 July 1867 – 16 September 1936), born in Neuilly-sur-Seine, was a French scientist, medical doctor and polar scientist. His father was the neurologist Jean-Martin Charcot (1825–1893).
Life
Jean-Ba ...
for
Louis Bouvier, a prominent French naturalist. It was re-surveyed by the
French Antarctic Expedition, 1908–10
The French Antarctic Expedition is any of several French expeditions in Antarctica.
First expedition
In 1772, Yves-Joseph de Kerguelen-Trémarec and the naturalist Jean Guillaume Bruguière sailed to the Antarctic region in search of the fabl ...
, and by the
Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey
The British Antarctic Survey (BAS) is the United Kingdom's national polar research institute. It has a dual purpose, to conduct polar science, enabling better understanding of global issues, and to provide an active presence in the Antarctic on ...
in 1948–50.
References
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Mountains of Adelaide Island
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