Taff y Bryn
| Taff y Bryn | ||
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| height | 1600 m | |
| location | Victoria Land , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Convoy Range , Transantarctic Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 76 ° 43 ′ 0 ″ S , 161 ° 25 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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The Taff y Bryn ( Welsh for hill of the Taff ) is a 1600 m high, ridge-like mountain in East Antarctica, Victoria Land , whose summit is made of dolerite . In the Convoy Range it rises 1.5 km west of Flagship Mountain , from which it is separated by a snow-covered saddle .
Participants in a campaign carried out from 1976 to 1977 as part of New Zealand's Victoria University's Antarctic Expeditions made the name.
Web links
- Taff y Bryn in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Taff y Bryn on geographic.org (English)