Mount Brown
| Mount Brown | ||
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| height | 900 m | |
| location | Alexander I Island , West Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Sofia Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 69 ° 25 '55 " S , 71 ° 26' 15" W | |
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Mount Braun is a 900 m high mountain in the north of the West Antarctic Alexander I Island . It forms the northeastern extension of the Sofia Mountains and the northeastern part of a horseshoe-shaped ridge 5.5 km east-southeast of Mount Holt .
The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named him after Lieutenant Commander William K. Braun of the United States Navy , commander of a C-121J Super Constellation of the VX-6 flight squadron in Operation Deep Freeze in 1970 and 1971.
Web links
- Mount Braun in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Mount Braun on geographic.org (English)