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Bris, Mount: Antarctica
SOURCE: National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, Bethesda, MD, USA
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This page presents the geographical name data for Bris, Mount in Antarctica, as supplied by the US military intelligence in electronic format, including the geographic coordinates and place name in various forms, latin, roman and native characters, and its location in its respective country's administrative division

Feature Name (see definition): Bris, Mount

Feature Class (see definition): Summit

Country Code (see definition): AQ (Antarctica)

Feature ID (see definition): 1953

Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 63° 59' 00" S

Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 059° 50' 00" W

Primary Latitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -63.9833333

Primary Longitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -59.8333333

Elevation (see definition): No data

Decision Year (see definition): 01/01/1960

Description (see definition): A broad mountain rising 1 mi W of the head of Sabine Glacier and 11 mi S of Cape Kater, in Graham Land. Named by UK Antarctic Place-names Committee (UK-APC) for Jean Marle le Bris (1808-72), French naval officer who designed a glider and became the first glider pilot, in 1857.

Date Created (see definition): No data

Date Edited (see definition): No data

NOTE: The information regarding Bris, Mount in Antarctica on this page is published from the data supplied by the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, a member of the Intelligence community of the Antarctica, and a Department of Defense (DoD) Combat Support Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Bris, Mount information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Bris, Mount should be addressed to the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency.


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