Le Bicorne

{{Short description|Mountain in the Kerguelen Islands}} {{Infobox mountain | name = Le Bicorne | image = Kerguelen RallierDuBatty.JPG | image_caption = Le Bicorne rising in the background. | elevation_m = 1202 | elevation_ref =<ref name="PV">{{cite web|url=https://peakvisor.com/peak/le-bicorne.html|title=Le Bicorne|website=PeakVisor|language=en}}</ref> | prominence_m = 147 | prominence_ref = <ref name="PV"/> | map = France Kerguelen | map_alt = | map_caption = Location in Kerguelen | map_size = | label_position = left | listing = | location = Grande Terre, Kerguelen Islands, French Southern and Antarctic Lands | range = | coordinates = {{coord|49|35|16|S|68|53|01|E|type:mountain_scale:100000|format=dms|display=inline,title}} | coordinates_ref = <ref name="PV"/> | topo = | first_ascent = Unknown | easiest_route = }}

'''Le Bicorne''' is a mountain in the French Southern and Antarctic Lands. Located in the Rallier du Baty Peninsula, near the southwestern shore of Kerguelen, it rises to a height of {{convert|1202|m}} above sea level.<ref name="GE">Google Earth</ref>

This mountain is the highest point on the peninsula and a prominent landmark. It was first named by French polar explorer Albert Bauer during an exploration of the Cook Glacier in 1961-1962. Bauer deemed that the two peaks atop the mountain resembled the bicorne hat worn by the members of the École polytechnique to which he belonged.<ref>Gracie Delépine, ''[http://www.kerguelen-voyages.com/consulter/actualites.asp?ActuID=11405&LangueID=1&isActu=2 Toponymie des Terres Australes] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160306035109/http://www.kerguelen-voyages.com/consulter/actualites.asp?ActuID=11405&LangueID=1&isActu=2 |date=2016-03-06 }}'', éditions La Documentation française, Paris, 1973</ref>

==See also== * Toponymy of the Kerguelen Islands

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==External links== *[https://institut-polaire.fr/en/subantarctic-islands/logistics-and-implementation-of-science/ IPF - Logistics and implementation of science] Category:Landforms of the Kerguelen Islands Category:Landforms of the French Southern and Antarctic Lands