Mount Bray is a rounded mountain that is ice-capped

Ice cap

An ice cap is an ice mass that covers less than 50 000 km² of land area . Masses of ice covering more than 50 000 km² are termed an ice sheet....

 but has a steep, bare rock southeast face, situated east of Jenkins Heights

Jenkins Heights

Jenkins Heights is a broad ice-covered area rising over 500 m and covering some 25 square miles, located south of McClinton Glacier and west of Mount Bray on Bakutis Coast, Marie Byrd Land. Mapped by United States Geological Survey from surveys and U.S. Navy aerial photographs, 1959-66...

 and 1.5 miles (2.4 km) northwest of Klimov Bluff

Klimov Bluff

Klimov Bluff is a partly ice-free east-facing bluff, located at the southeast end of Jenkins Heights, 1.5 nautical miles southeast of Mount Bray, Walgreen Coast, Marie Byrd Land. Mapped by United States Geological Survey from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1959-66. Named by Advisory Committee...

 on the Walgreen Coast

Walgreen Coast

The Walgreen Coast is a portion of the coast of Antarctica between Cape Herlacher and Cape Waite, or between Bakutis Coast in the west, and Eights Coast. It is the easternmost part of Marie Byrd Land. It stretches from 114°12'W to 103°24'W. Eights Coast to the east is already part of Ellsworth Land...

, Marie Byrd Land

Marie Byrd Land

Marie Byrd Land is the portion of West Antarctica lying east of the Ross Ice Shelf and the Ross Sea and south of the Pacific Ocean, extending eastward approximately to a line between the head of the Ross Ice Shelf and Eights Coast. It stretches between 158°W and 103°24'W...

. It was mapped by the United States Geological Survey

United States Geological Survey

The United States Geological Survey is a scientific agency of the United States government. The scientists of the USGS study the landscape of the United States, its natural resources, and the natural hazards that threaten it. The organization has four major science disciplines, concerning biology,...

 (USGS) from surveys and from U.S. Navy air photos, 1959–66, and named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names

Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names

The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names is an advisory committee of the United States Board on Geographic Names responsible for recommending names for features in Antarctica...

 after Thomas K. Bray, USGS topographic engineer with the Marie Byrd Land Survey party, 1966–67.