Brown Glacier

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Glacier on the east side of Heard Island in the southern Indian Ocean

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::summary Glacier on the east side of Heard Island in the southern Indian Ocean ::

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FieldValue
nameBrown Glacier
photoHeard Island and McDonald Islands on the globe (Antarctica centered).svg
photo_captionLocation of Heard Island and McDonald Islands on the globe
locationHeard Island
Territory of Heard Island and McDonald Islands
Australia
coords
thicknessapproximately 55 meters
terminusBrown Lagoon
statusRetreating{{Cite journal
author1Ian F. Allison
name-list-styleamp
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volume23
pages255–272
year1986
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issue144}}{{Cite web
authorAndrew Ruddell
date25 May 2010
urlhttp://www.aad.gov.au/default.asp?casid=2100
titleOur subantarctic glaciers: why are they retreating?
publisherGlaciology Program, Antarctic CRC and AAD
accessdate7 June 2010
archive-urlhttps://web.archive.org/web/20091002074124/http://www.aad.gov.au/default.asp?casid=2100
archive-date2 October 2009
url-statusdead
}}<ref nameQuil2000{{Cite journal
author1Quilty, P.G.
name-list-styleamp
journalPap. Proc. R. Soc. Tasm.
volume133
issue2
pages1–12
year2000}}{{Cite journal
authorBudd, G.M.
titleChanges in Heard Island glaciers, king penguins and fur seals since 1947 (Heard Island Papers)
journalPap. Proc. R. Soc. Tasm.
volume133
issue2
pages47–60
year2000
}}<ref nameThost2008{{Cite journal
author1Douglas E. Thost
author2Martin Truffer
titleGlacier Recession on Heard Island, Southern Indian Ocean
journalArctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research
volume40
issue1
pages199–214
dateFebruary 2008
doi10.1657/1523-0430(06-084)[THOST]2.0.CO;2
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url-statusdead
archive-date2012-12-04
accessdate7 June 2010
doi-accessfree
mapIndian Ocean
label_positiontop
markBlue_pog.svg
mapframeyes
mapframe-zoom11
mapframe-wikidatayes
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Brown Glacier () is a glacier just south of Round Hill on the east side of Heard Island in the southern Indian Ocean. Its terminus is at Brown Lagoon. To the northwest of Brown Glacier is Compton Glacier, whose terminus is located at Compton Lagoon, between Gilchrist Beach and Fairchild Beach. To the southeast of Brown Glacier is Stephenson Glacier, whose terminus is located between Dovers Moraine and Stephenson Lagoon.

Discovery and naming

Brown Glacier was surveyed by ANARE (Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions) in 1948. Named by Antarctic Names Committee of Australia (ANCA) for K.G. Brown, ANARE biologist on Heard Island in 1951.

References

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