Mount Bridger

Mount Bridger (72°17′S 167°35′E / 72.283°S 167.583°E / -72.283; 167.583Coordinates: 72°17′S 167°35′E / 72.283°S 167.583°E / -72.283; 167.583) is a mountain, 2,295 metres (7,530 ft) high, along the south side of Pearl Harbor Glacier, situated 5 nautical miles (9 km) north-northeast of Conard Peak in the Cartographers Range, Victory Mountains, in Victoria Land. It was mapped by the United States Geological Survey from surveys and from U.S. Navy air photos, 1960–64, and named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names for William D. Bridger, a U.S. Navy aviation machinist's mate and flight engineer on Hercules aircraft at Williams Field, Ross Island, on Operation Deep Freeze 1968.[1]

References

  1. ↑ "Bridger, Mount". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2011-09-08.

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