Mount Brazil

Mount Brazil is a mountain, 2,090 metres (6,860 ft) high, at the south end of the McGregor Range in the Admiralty Mountains. It was mapped by the United States Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and from U.S. Navy air photos, 1960–62, and named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names for Chief Warrant Officer John D. Brazil, USA, helicopter pilot supporting the USGS Topo North–South party that surveyed the area, 1961–62.

For the mountain on Terceira Island, Azores, see Monte Brasil.
Mount Brazil
Highest point
Elevation2,610 m (8,560 ft)
Coordinates72°3′S 167°59′E 
Geography
LocationBorchgrevink Coast, Victoria Land, Antarctica
Parent rangeMcGregor Range in the Admiralty Mountains

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


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