Mount Bruce (Antarctica)
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Mount Bruce is a prominent mountain
, 1640 metres (5,380.6 ft) high, rising just south of Stuhlinger Ice Piedmont
and between Gannutz Glacier
and Barber Glacier
in the Bowers Mountains
. It was discovered by members of the British Antarctic Expedition, 1910–13, who explored along this coast in the Terra Nova
in February 1911, and named for Lieutenant Wilfred M. Bruce, Royal Navy Reserve, officer in charge of zoological work aboard the Terra Nova.
Mountain
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, 1640 metres (5,380.6 ft) high, rising just south of Stuhlinger Ice Piedmont
Stuhlinger Ice Piedmont
Stuhlinger Ice Piedmont is a coastal ice piedmont, about 10 nautical miles long and wide, located immediately north of Bowers Mountains and between the lower ends of Gannutz and Barber Glaciers. Mapped by United States Geological Survey from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1960-62...
and between Gannutz Glacier
Gannutz Glacier
Gannutz Glacier is a smooth glacier which flows north from the Bowers Mountains and enters the east part of Rennick Bay between Weeder Rock and Stuhlinger Ice Piedmont. Mapped by United States Geological Survey from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1960-65. Named by Advisory Committee on...
and Barber Glacier
Barber Glacier
Barber Glacier is a glacier rising just east of Mount Bruce in the Bowers Mountains and flowing north to the coast between Stuhlinger Ice Piedmont and Rosenau Head. It was mapped by the United States Geological Survey from surveys and from U.S. Navy air photos, 1960–65, and named by the...
in the Bowers Mountains
Bowers Mountains
Bowers Mountains is a group of north-south trending mountains in Antarctica, about 145 km long and 56 km wide, bounded by the coast on the north and by the Rennick, Canham, Black and Lillie glaciers in other quadrants. The seaward end was first sighted in February 1911 from the Terra...
. It was discovered by members of the British Antarctic Expedition, 1910–13, who explored along this coast in the Terra Nova
Terra Nova (ship)
The Terra Nova was built in 1884 for the Dundee whaling and sealing fleet. She worked for 10 years in the annual seal fishery in the Labrador Sea, proving her worth for many years before she was called upon for expedition work.Terra Nova was ideally suited to the polar regions...
in February 1911, and named for Lieutenant Wilfred M. Bruce, Royal Navy Reserve, officer in charge of zoological work aboard the Terra Nova.