Mont de Lans, Mountain summit in the Kerguelen Archipelago, French Southern and Antarctic Lands, France

Mont de Lans is a mountain on Grande Terre in the Kerguelen archipelago, rising to 1,022 m east of the Cook Glacier. Its summit is a broad, rounded mass of dark brown and grey rock, grooved with parallel ridges and channels running roughly horizontally across the lower half. Irregular white patches and streaks of snow lie over the rock, clustered around the centre and spreading along the ridges, and the flanks slope away on every side without a distinct peak.

Mont de Lans was first sighted by Polian and Rens during a reconnaissance toward the Cook Glacier. Its name refers to the mountain and commune of Mont-de-Lans in Isère, the home of one member of the team. The summit rises to 1,022 m, east of the Cook Glacier on Grande Terre.

The name comes from Mont-de-Lans in Isère, the home of a member of the team that first sighted the mountain. Polian and Rens reached it during a reconnaissance toward the Cook Glacier, east of which the summit stands at 1,022 m.

Mont de Lans lies east of the Cook Glacier on Grande Terre, in the Kerguelen archipelago, and no trail, lift or marked route serves it; access is by expedition boat to the islands and then on foot over trackless ground. The summit is a broad dome of dark brown and grey rock grooved with parallel ridges, patched with white snow or rime, with no distinct peak. The French Southern and Antarctic Lands administration in Port-aux-Français handles permits for visits.

The name does not come from Kerguelen at all: it recalls Mont-de-Lans in Isère, the home of a member of the team that first sighted the mountain. Polian and Rens reached it during a reconnaissance toward the Cook Glacier, east of which the summit stands at 1,022 m.