Mount Browning
Mount Browning (74°37′S 164°3′E / 74.617°S 164.050°ECoordinates: 74°37′S 164°3′E / 74.617°S 164.050°E) is a mountain, 760 metres (2,500 ft) high, which rises opposite the terminus of Boomerang Glacier in the Northern Foothills, on the coast of Victoria Land. It was first roughly mapped by the British Antarctic Expedition, 1907–09. This area was explored and mapped in greater detail by the Northern Party of the British Antarctic Expedition, 1910–13, and the mountain named for Petty Officer Frank V. Browning, Royal Navy, a member of the Northern Party.
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- This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document "Browning, Mount" (content from the Geographic Names Information System).
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