geo.wikisort.org - MountainsMount Velain (66°42′S 67°44′W) is a 750 m tall mountain with an isolated, black triangular summit showing through its snow mantle, standing in the northeast part of Adelaide Island. It was first charted by the French Antarctic Expedition 1903–05, under Charcot, and named by him for Charles Velain, a French geologist, geographer, and professor of physical geography at the Sorbonne.
Mountain in Graham Land, Antarctica
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Glaciers |
- Horton Glacier
- Hurley Glacier
- Shambles Glacier
- Sheldon Glacier
- Sloman Glacier
- Turner Glacier
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Other inland features |
- Back Cirque
- Blümcke Knoll
- Buchia Buttress
- Fletcher Bluff
- McCallum Pass
- Milestone Bluff
- Reptile Ridge
- Stork Ridge
- Window Buttress
- Wright Peninsula
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Off-shore | Islands | |
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Reefs and banks |
- Box Reef
- Consul Reef
- Cox Reef
- Cumbers Reef
- Ives Bank
- Jennings Reef
- Lord Bank
- Regent Reef
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Rocks |
- Cavalier Rock
- Cenobite Rocks
- Envoy Rock
- Fitton Rock
- Fullastern Rock
- Glover Rocks
- Hibbert Rock
- Launch Rock
- League Rock
- Mission Rock
- Nueva Rock
- Outlaw Rock
- Patience Rocks
- Skeen Rocks
- Sorpresa Rock
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Straits |
- Barlas Channel
- Buchanan Passage
- Cole Channel
- Crosse Passage
- Elliott Passage
- The Gullet
- Johnston Passage
- Matha Strait
- Quest Channel
- Tickle Channel
- Woodfield Channel
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This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document: "Mount Velain". (content from the Geographic Names Information System) 
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Mount Vélain (französisch Sommet Vélain) ist ein 750 m (nach britischen Angaben 920 m) hoher Berg auf der westantarktischen Adelaide-Insel. Sein isolierter und dreikantiger Gipfel durchstößt den Eisschild im Nordwesten der Insel.
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