Mount Bradshaw is a mountain peak

Summit (topography)

In topography, a summit is a point on a surface that is higher in elevation than all points immediately adjacent to it. Mathematically, a summit is a local maximum in elevation...

, 2240 metres (7,349.1 ft) high, at the northeast side of the névé

Névé

Névé is a young, granular type of snow which has been partially melted, refrozen and compacted, yet precedes the form of ice. This type of snow is associated with glacier formation through the process of nivation. Névé that survives a full season of ablation is referred to as firn, which is both...

 of Leap Year Glacier

Leap Year Glacier

Leap Year Glacier is a tributary glacier between Molar Massif and Mount Stirling in the Bowers Mountains, draining southeast into Black Glacier. So named by the northern party of New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition , 1963–64, as party members arrived here in the new year of 1964...

, 4 miles (6.4 km) northwest of Ian Peak

Ian Peak

Ian Peak is a peak in the Bowers Mountains of Antarctica, 3 miles northwest of Mount Stirling where the feature overlooks the heads of Leap Year and Champness Glaciers. Named by the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition , 1967–68, for Ian Smith, Victoria University geologist in...

, 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 named by the New Zealand Antarctic Place-Names Committee

New Zealand Antarctic Place-Names Committee

New Zealand Antarctic Place-Names Committee is an adjudicating committee established to authorize the naming of features in the Ross Dependency on the Antarctic continent. It is composed of the members of the New Zealand Geographic Board plus selected specialists on Antarctica...

 in 1983 after J.D. Bradshaw, geologist, University of Canterbury

University of Canterbury

The University of Canterbury , New Zealand's second-oldest university, operates its main campus in the suburb of Ilam in the city of Christchurch, New Zealand...

, New Zealand, a member of the New Zealand Antarctic Research Program geological parties to the area, 1974–75 and 1981–82.