Mount Bragg

Mount Bragg
Highest point
Elevation 1,480 m (4,860 ft)
Coordinates 84°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
Location Antarctica Pensacola Mountains
Parent range Patuxent 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 Ralph L. Bragg, 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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