Mount Brearley
Mount Brearley | ||
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height | 2010 m | |
location | Victoria Land , East Antarctica | |
Mountains | Kukri Hills , Transantarctic Mountains | |
Coordinates | 77 ° 48 ′ 0 ″ S , 161 ° 45 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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Mount Brearley is a 2010 m high and pointed mountain in East Antarctic Victoria Land . It is the westernmost peak of the Kukri Hills .
The western group of the Terra Nova Expedition (1910-1913) led by the British geographer Thomas Griffith Taylor (1880-1963 ) named the mountain. It is named after Harry Brearley (1871–1948), inventor of stainless steel in the Anglo-Saxon region and student of Griffith Taylor's father.
Web links
- Mount Brearley in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Mount Brearley on geographic.org (English)