Mount Bruns

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Mount Bruns
Highest point
Elevation910 m (2,990 ft)
Coordinates84°29′S 64°23′W / 84.483°S 64.383°W / -84.483; -64.383Coordinates: 84°29′S 64°23′W / 84.483°S 64.383°W / -84.483; -64.383
Geography
LocationAntarctica Pensacola Mountains
Parent rangePatuxent Range

Mount Bruns is a mountain in Antarctica, 910 metres (2,990 ft) high, standing 4 nautical miles (7 km) north of Mount Lowry in the Anderson Hills in the northern Patuxent Range of the 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 glaciologist at Palmer Station during the winter of 1967.[1]

References[]

  1. ^ "Bruns, Mount". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2011-09-22.

Public Domain This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document: "Bruns, Mount". (content from the Geographic Names Information System)


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