Bristly Peaks
| Bristly Peaks | ||
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| Highest peak | Brodie Peak ( 1410 m ) | |
| location | Grahamland , Antarctic Peninsula | |
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| Coordinates | 69 ° 23 ′ S , 66 ° 21 ′ W | |
The Bristly Peaks are a group of sharp-edged rocky peaks that separate the Fleming Glacier from the Seller Glacier in the center of the Antarctic Peninsula . They extend east-southeast of the Forster-Piedmont glacier on the Fallières coast .
They were photographed by participants in the British Graham Land Expedition (1934-1934) under the direction of the Australian polar explorer John Rymill in 1937 and in 1947 by participants in the Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition (1947-1948) under the direction of the US polar explorer Finn Ronne . Charted they were from the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey in 1958 and 1960. The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee them gave a descriptive name because the mountains (English: in shape to the bristles bristles ) of a brush remember.
Web links
- Bristly Peaks in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Bristly Peaks on geographic.org (English)