Mount Bridgman

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Mount Bridgman (

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66°50′S 67°23′W / 66.833°S 67.383°W / -66.833; -67.383Coordinates: 66°50′S 67°23′W / 66.833°S 67.383°W / -66.833; -67.383) is a prominent mountain which surmounts the central part of Liard Island in Hanusse Bay, which is a broad V-Shaped bay off the west coast of Graham Land, Antarctica.[1] It was mapped from photos obtained by the Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition (1947–48) and the Falkland Islands and Dependencies Aerial Survey Expedition (1956–57). It was named by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee for Percy W. Bridgman, an American physicist who discovered the high-pressure forms of ice.

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  1. ^ "Hanusse Bay, Antarctica - Geographical Names, map, geographic coordinates". geographic.org. Retrieved 2020-07-13.
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