Mount Braun is a mountain rising to about in the northwest extremity of Sofia Mountains in northern

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. The feature forms the northeast part of a horseshoe-shaped ridge east-southeast of

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. It was named by the

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for Lieutenant Commander

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, C-121J (Super Constellation) aircraft commander, Squadron

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, U.S. Navy Operation Deepfreeze, 1970 and 1971.

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