Queen Fabiola Mountains is a group ofmountains inAntarctica, 50 kilometres (30 miles) long, consisting mainly of seven smallmassifs which trend north–south, forming a partial barrier to the flow of inland ice. The mountains stand in isolation about 140 km (90 mi) southwest of the head ofLutzow-Holm Bay. The mountains were discovered and photographed from aircraft by theBelgian Antarctic Expedition underGuido Derom on 8 October 1960. With permission fromKing Baudouin of Belgium, the mountains were named after his newly wedded wifeFabiola. In November–December 1960, the mountains were visited by a party of theJapanese Antarctic Research Expedition (JARE), 1957–1962, which made geomorphological and geological surveys. They applied the nameYamato Mountains.[1] The highest massif isMount Fukushima (2,470 m).
TheJapanese Antarctic Research Expedition (JARE) found theYamato 000593Martian meteorite in 2000 on theYamato Glacier, at the Queen Fabiola Mountains.[2] With a mass of 13.7 kg (30.2 lb), Yamato 000593 is the second largestmeteorite fromMars found onEarth.[2][3][4]
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