Mount Bradshaw | |
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Highest point | |
Elevation | 2,240 m (7,350 ft) |
Coordinates | 71°28′S 163°52′E / 71.467°S 163.867°ECoordinates: 71°28′S 163°52′E / 71.467°S 163.867°E |
Geography | |
Location | Pennell Coast, Victoria Land, Antarctica |
Parent range | Bowers Mountains |
Mount Bradshaw (71°28′S 163°52′E / 71.467°S 163.867°E) is a mountain peak, 2,240 metres (7,350 ft) high, at the northeast side of the névé of Leap Year Glacier, 4 nautical miles (7 km) northwest of Ian Peak, in the Bowers Mountains, a major mountain range situated within Victoria Land, Antarctica. The topographical feature was so named by the New Zealand Antarctic Place-Names Committee in 1983 after J.D. Bradshaw, a geologist at the University of Canterbury, New Zealand, who was a member of the New Zealand Antarctic Research Program geological parties to the area, 1974–75 and 1981–82. The mountain lies situated on the Pennell Coast, a portion of Antarctica lying between Cape Williams and Cape Adare.
This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document "Bradshaw, Mount" (content from the Geographic Names Information System).