Mount Bris
| Mount Bris | ||
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| height | 1673 m | |
| location | Grahamland , Antarctic Peninsula | |
| Mountains | Korten Ridge | |
| Coordinates | 63 ° 58 '59 " S , 59 ° 49' 26" W | |
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Mount Bris is a 1673 m high mountain on the Davis Coast of Graham Land in the north of the Antarctic Peninsula . It rises as the highest point of the Korten Ridge 1.5 km west of the head end of the Sabine Glacier and 18 km south of Cape Kater .
The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named it on September 23, 1960 after French aviation pioneer Jean Marie Le Bris (1817–1872), who allegedly made the first successful human glide flight in December 1856 .
Web links
- Mount Bris in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Mount Bris on geographic.org (English)