Mount Bresnahan

Mount Bresnahan (71°48′S 161°28′E) is a flat-topped, mainly ice-free mountain, 1,630 metres (5,350 ft) high, situated along the east side of the Helliwell Hills, 6 nautical miles (11 km) north-northeast of Mount Van der Hoeven, situated in Victoria Land, Antarctica. The topographical feature was first mapped by the United States Geological Survey from surveys and from U.S. Navy air photos, 1960–63, and named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names after David M. Bresnahan, a United States Antarctic Research Program biologist at McMurdo Station, Hut Point Peninsula, Ross Island, 1967–68 and 1968–69, and on the staff of the Office of Polar Programs, National Science Foundation, from 1970. The mountain lies situated on the Pennell Coast, a portion of Antarctica lying between Cape Williams and Cape Adare.[1]

Mount Bresnahan
Mount Bresnahan Pennell Coast, Victoria Land, Antarctica
Highest point
Elevation	1,630 m (5,350 ft)
Coordinates	71°48′S 161°28′E
Geography
Location	Pennell Coast, Victoria Land, Antarctica

References

1. "Bresnahan, Mount". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2011-09-06.

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