Mount Bruce
| Mount Bruce | ||
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| height | 1640 m | |
| location | Victoria Land , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Bowers Mountains , Transantarctic Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 70 ° 32 ′ 0 ″ S , 162 ° 30 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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| Normal way | Alpine tour (glaciated) | |
Mount Bruce is a prominent 1640 m high mountain in East Antarctic Victoria Land . It rises south of the Stuhlinger Piedmont Glacier between the Gannutz and Barber glaciers in the Bowers Mountains .
He was discovered in February 1911 during an exploration trip with the research ship Terra Nova on the north coast of Victoria as part of the Terra Nova Expedition (1910-1913) led by the British polar explorer Robert Falcon Scott . It is named after Lieutenant (RNR) Wilfred Montague Bruce (1874–1953), an officer on board the Terra Nova .
Web links
- Mount Bruce in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Mount Bruce on geographic.org (English)