Mount Bris
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Mount Bris is a broad ice-covered mountain with precipitous and partly ice-free slopes except to the southeast, the summit of Korten Ridge
on Davis Coast
in Graham Land
, Antarctica. The peak rises to 1673 metre 1 miles (1.6 km) west of the head of Sabine Glacier
and 11 miles (17.7 km) south of Cape Kater
. It is linked to Detroit Plateau
by Podvis Col
to the southeast, and surmounting Sabine Glacier to the northeast, Temple Glacier
to the southwest, and Kasabova Glacier
to the northwest.
The peak was named by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee
for Jean-Marie Le Bris
, French naval officer who designed a glider and became the first glider pilot.
Korten Ridge
Korten Ridge is the ridge extending 18 km in south-north direction and 9 km wide, rising to 1673 m on Davis Coast in Graham Land, Antarctica...
on Davis Coast
Davis Coast
Davis Coast is that portion of the west coast of the Antarctic Peninsula between Cape Kjellman and Cape Sterneck. It was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names for Captain John Davis, the American sealer who claimed to have made the first recorded landing on the continent of...
in Graham Land
Graham Land
Graham Land is that portion of the Antarctic Peninsula which lies north of a line joining Cape Jeremy and Cape Agassiz. This description of Graham Land is consistent with the 1964 agreement between the British Antarctic Place-names Committee and the US Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names, in...
, Antarctica. The peak rises to 1673 metre 1 miles (1.6 km) west of the head of Sabine Glacier
Sabine Glacier
Sabine Glacier is a 13.5 km long glacier on the north side of Detroit Plateau, flowing northwards along the east slopes of Korten Ridge, and terminating at the sea in Jordanoff Bay on Davis Coast in Graham Land, Antarctica. Captain Henry Foster gave the name "Cape Sabine" in 1829 to a feature...
and 11 miles (17.7 km) south of Cape Kater
Cape Kater
Cape Kater is a cape fringed by rocks, marking the west side of the entrance to Charcot Bay on the west coast of Graham Land. This coast was sketched by a British expedition 1828-31, under Foster, who named a cape in this region after Captain Henry Kater, a member of the committee which planned...
. It is linked to Detroit Plateau
Detroit Plateau
Detroit Plateau is a major interior plateau of Graham Land, with heights between 1,500 and 1,800 m. Its northeast limit is marked by the south wall of Russell West Glacier, from which it extends some in a general southwest direction to Herbert Plateau. The plateau was observed from the air by...
by Podvis Col
Podvis Col
Podvis Col is the ice-covered col of elevation 1494 m on Davis Coast in Graham Land, Antarctica, extending 1.6 km between Korten Ridge to the northwest and Detroit Plateau to the southeast. It is overlooking Sabine Glacier to the north and Temple Glacier to the southwest.The col is named after...
to the southeast, and surmounting Sabine Glacier to the northeast, Temple Glacier
Temple Glacier
Temple Glacier is a glacier flowing into the south side of Lanchester Bay on the west coast of Graham Land. Photographed by Hunting Aerosurveys Ltd. in 1955-57 and mapped from these photos by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey...
to the southwest, and Kasabova Glacier
Kasabova Glacier
Kasabova Glacier is the 6 km long and 3.5 km wide glacier on Davis Coast in Graham Land on the Antarctic Peninsula. Draining the slopes of Mount Bris, Chubra Peak, Sredorek Peak and Chanute Peak in Korten Ridge, the glacier flows northwestwards to enter Orléans Strait at the head of Lanchester...
to the northwest.
The peak was named by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee
UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee
The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee is a United Kingdom government committee, part of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, responsible for recommending names of geographical locations within the British Antarctic Territory and the South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands...
for Jean-Marie Le Bris
Jean-Marie Le Bris
Jean-Marie Le Bris was a French aviator, born in Concarneau, Brittany, who accomplished a glider flight in December 1856.- Life and works :...
, French naval officer who designed a glider and became the first glider pilot.
Map
- Trinity Peninsula. Scale 1:250000 topographic map. Institut für Angewandte Geodäsie and British Antarctic Survey, 1996.