Bristly Peaks

The Bristly Peaks are a range of mountains and hill appearing as a series of sharp, rock peaks on a ridge separating Seller Glacier and Fleming Glacier in the central part of the Antarctic Peninsula. They lie in Palmer Land in the British Antarctic Territory.

The mountains of the Bristly Peaks are:

• Brodie Peak (4,626 feet)
• Messent Peak (3,609 feet)
• Flinders Peak (3,150 feet)

The Peaks were photographed from the air by the British Graham Land Expedition in 1937, and by the Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition in 1947. They were surveyed by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey in 1958 and 1960.

The name, applied by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee, is descriptive of the sharp peaks which suggest the bristles of a brush.

Location

• Location map: 69°22’60"S, 66°15’0"W

References

• Gazetteer and Map of The British Antarctic Territory: Bristly Peaks