Moss Braes

The Moss Braes (60°41′S 45°37′W) are west-facing slopes (braes) situated west of Robin Peak on Signy Island, in the South Orkney Islands off Antarctica. They were named by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee in 1990 from the extensive moss banks on the dissected rocky slopes.[1]

References
  1. "Moss Braes". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 11 November 2013.

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