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Name Latitude Longitude Feature Type
Brier Icefalls (USA) 80° 15' 00.0" S 155° 36' 00.0" E
Name ID: 135904 Place ID: 17450

Icefalls about 150 m high and 5 mi wide at the E side of Vantage Hill in Britannia Range. Named after Frank Brier of the Office of Polar Programs, NSF, Facilities, Engineering and Construction Program Manager for renovation of facilities at McMurdo and for South Pole Station Modernization, 1995-2001.

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