Mount Bruce

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

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

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Place ID: 1941
Name ID: 123013

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:

Narrative

Prominent mountain (1,640 m) rising just S of Stuhlinger Ice Piedmont and between the Gannutz and Barber Glaciers in the Bowers Mountains. Discovered by members of the BrAE, 1910-13, who explored along this coast in the Terra Nova in February 1911. Named for Lt. Wilfred M. Bruce, RNR, officer in charge of zoological work aboard the Terra Nova.

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Location

Latitude:
70° 32' 00.0" S
-70.53333°
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Longitude:
162° 30' 00.0" E
162.50000°
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Altitude:
1640 m
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Images

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Map

Source

Location Method:
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Source Name:
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Source Scale:
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Source Institution:
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Source Person:
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Source Publisher:
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Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:
Unknown
Date approved:
1-Jan-1952

Related information

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