Name details

Mount Bris

Bris, Mount (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Mount Bris (The name as it would appear on a map)

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United States Gazetteer Id 122949

Feature type: Mountain (2a)

Origin

This name originates from United States of America. It is part of the United States Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.

Names that other countries have for this feature:

Mount Bris (United Kingdom)

Narrative

A broad mountain rising 1 mi W of the head of Sabine Glacier and 11 mi S of Cape Kater, in Graham Land. Named by UK-APC for Jean Marle le Bris (1808-72), French naval officer who designed a glider and became the first glider pilot, in 1857.

Named For

Location

Latitude:

63° 59' 00.0" S

-63.98333°

Unknown precision

Longitude:

59° 50' 00.0" W

-59.83333°

Unknown precision

Altitude:

Not recorded

Unknown precision

Images

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Map

Source

Location Method:

Unknown

Source Name:

Unknown

Source Identifier:

Source Scale:

Unknown

Source Institution:

Unknown

Source Person:

Unknown

Source Publisher:

Unknown

Remote sensing:

Not Applicable

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:

Unknown

Date approved:

1-Jan-1960

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