# Le Bicorne

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{{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](/source/Grande-Terre_(Kerguelen)), [Kerguelen Islands](/source/Kerguelen_Islands), [French Southern and Antarctic Lands](/source/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](/source/French_Southern_and_Antarctic_Lands). Located in the [Rallier du Baty Peninsula](/source/Rallier_du_Baty_Peninsula), near the southwestern shore of [Kerguelen](/source/Kerguelen_Islands), it rises to a height of {{convert|1202|m}} above sea level.<ref name="GE">[Google Earth](/source/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](/source/Albert_Bauer_(explorer)) during an exploration of the [Cook Glacier](/source/Cook_Glacier) in 1961-1962. Bauer deemed that the two peaks atop the mountain resembled the [bicorne](/source/bicorne) hat worn by the members of the [École polytechnique](/source/%C3%89cole_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](/source/Toponymy_of_the_Kerguelen_Islands)

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==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

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