Mount Bramhall
Mount Bramhall (72°15′S 98°16′W) is a peak of the Walker Mountains, located 5 nautical miles (9 km) east of Mount Hawthorne on Thurston Island. It was first delineated from aerial photographs taken by U.S. Navy Operation Highjump in December 1946, and named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names for Dr. E.H. Bramhall, a physicist of the Byrd Antarctic Expedition in 1933–35.[1]
Map of Thurston Island.
Satellite image of Thurston Island.
See also
- Mountains in Antarctica
Maps
- Thurston Island – Jones Mountains. 1:500000 Antarctica Sketch Map. US Geological Survey, 1967.
- Antarctic Digital Database (ADD). Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR). Since 1993, regularly upgraded and updated.
References
- "Bramhall, Mount". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2011-08-17.
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