Mount Bruns

Mount Bruns
Highest point
Elevation 910 m (2,990 ft)
Coordinates 84°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
Location Antarctica Pensacola Mountains
Parent range Patuxent 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 John E. Bruns, 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.

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