Mount Bragg

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Mount Bragg
Highest point
Elevation1,480 m (4,860 ft)
Coordinates84°6′S 56°43′W / 84.100°S 56.717°W / -84.100; -56.717Coordinates: 84°6′S 56°43′W / 84.100°S 56.717°W / -84.100; -56.717
Geography
LocationAntarctica Pensacola Mountains
Parent rangePatuxent Range

Mount Bragg is a mountain in Antarctica, 1,480 metres (4,860 ft) high, standing 6 nautical miles (11 km) southwest of Gambacorta Peak in the southern Neptune Range, Pensacola Mountains. It was mapped by the United States Geological Survey from surveys and from U.S. Navy air photos, 1956–66, and named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names for , a photographer with U.S. Navy Squadron VX-6 at McMurdo Station in 1964.[1]

References[]

  1. ^ "Bragg, Mount". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2011-08-15.

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