Mount Bechervaise is a great massif of brown rock, 2,360 m, standing 1 nautical mile (1.9 km) east of Mount Lacey

Mount Lacey

Mount Lacey is a high, pyramidal, brown rock mountain with two sharp peaks, standing 1 nautical mile west of Mount Bechervaise in the Athos Range, Prince Charles Mountains. It was first sighted by an Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions party led by J.M. Bechervaise in November 1955...

 in the Athos Range

Athos Range

Athos Range is the northernmost range in the Prince Charles Mountains of Mac. Robertson Land, Antarctica. The range consists of a large number of individual mountains and nunataks that trend east-west for 40 miles along the north side of Scylla Glacier.These mountains were first observed from...

, Prince Charles Mountains

Prince Charles Mountains

Prince Charles Mountains is a major group of mountains in Mac. Robertson Land in Antarctica, including the Athos Range, the Porthos Range, and the Aramis Range. The highest peak is Mount Menzies . Other prominent peaks are Mount Izabelle and Mount Stinear...

. It has a sheer north face and is bare except for an icecap on the flat summit. First visited in November 1955 by an ANARE (Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions

Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions

The Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions is the historical name for the Australian Antarctic Program administered for Australia by the Australian Antarctic Division .-The ANARE Name:...

) party led by John M. Bechervaise, officer in charge at Mawson Station

Mawson Station

Mawson Station is one of three permanent Australian bases in the Australian Antarctic Territory of East Antarctica. Named after Antarctic explorer Sir Douglas Mawson, the base is managed by the Australian Antarctic Division...

in 1955, for whom it is named.