Mount Balch

Mount Balch (65°16′S 63°59′W) is an east-west trending mountain with numerous sharp peaks, the highest 1,105 m, between Mount Peary and Mount Mill on Kiev Peninsula, west coast of Graham Land. It was discovered by the French Antarctic Expedition of 1908–10 under Charcot and named by him for Edwin Swift Balch, an American author and authority on Antarctic exploration.

Location of Kiev Peninsula in Graham Land, Antarctic Peninsula.

References

SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.

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