Mount Bronk () is a snow-covered mountain in the
Hughes Range, a mountain range located in south-central
Antarctica
Antarctica () is Earth's southernmost and least-populated continent. Situated almost entirely south of the Antarctic Circle and surrounded by the Southern Ocean, it contains the geographic South Pole. Antarctica is the fifth-largest contine ...
. With an altitude of , Mount Bronk represents one of six prominent summits throughout the Hughes Range.
Mount Bronk was discovered and photographed by
R. Admiral Byrd on the baselaying flight of November 18, 1929. From 1957 to 1958, it was surveyed by
A.P. Crary who named the mount after
Detlev W. Bronk, then-president of the
U.S. National Academy of Sciences which helped sponsored Antarctic exploratory operations from 1957 to 1958.
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References
Mountains of the Ross Dependency
Dufek Coast
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