Brown Peninsula
Peninsula in Antarctica
title: "Brown Peninsula" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["peninsulas-of-victoria-land", "scott-coast"] description: "Peninsula in Antarctica" topic_path: "general/peninsulas-of-victoria-land" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brown_Peninsula" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
::summary Peninsula in Antarctica ::
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| Field | Value |
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| name | Brown Peninsula |
| image_name | File:Mount Discovery and Brown Peninsula.jpg |
| image_caption | Mount Discovery and Brown Peninsula |
| pushpin_map | Antarctica |
| coordinates | |
| location | Ross Ice Shelf |
| area_km2 | |
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| name = Brown Peninsula | image_name = File:Mount Discovery and Brown Peninsula.jpg| | image_size = | image_caption = Mount Discovery and Brown Peninsula | image_alt = | image_map = | image_map_alt = | image_map_size = | image_map_caption = | pushpin_map = Antarctica | pushpin_label = | pushpin_label_position = | pushpin_map_alt = | pushpin_relief = | pushpin_map_caption = | coordinates = | etymology = | location = Ross Ice Shelf | area_km2 = | area_footnotes = | length_km = | length_footnotes = | width_km = | width_footnotes = | coastline_km = | coastline_footnotes = | elevation_m = | elevation_footnotes = | highest_mount = The Brown Peninsula () is a nearly ice-free peninsula, 10 nmi long and 4 nmi wide, which rises above the Ross Ice Shelf northward of Mount Discovery, to which it is connected by a low isthmus. It was discovered by the British National Antarctic Expedition, 1901–04 (BrNAE), which named it "Brown Island" because of its color and its island-like character. It was named it "Brown Peninsula" by New Zealand Antarctic Place-Names Committee in 1961 after it was described a peninsula.
Location
::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/63/C78192s1_Ant.Map_Mount_Discovery.jpg" caption="Brown Peninsula in north center of map"] ::
Brown Peninsula lies to the north of Mount Discovery, to which it is connected by a narrow isthmus. The Koettlitz Glacier flows along its west coast. The east coast faces the Ross Ice Shelf. Black Island lies to the east of the peninsula.
Features
Features, from south to north, include:
Moraine Strait
Bellafronto Bight
Dreary Isthmus
Ebon Pond
Swyers Point
Mount Wise
Rainbow Ridge
Lake Eggers
Frame Ridge
Main article: Frame Ridge
Tuff Bluff
Bratina Island
Bratina Lagoon
References
Sources
- {{citation|url=https://pubs.usgs.gov/fedgov/70039167/report.pdf |accessdate=2024-01-30 |edition=2 |editor-last=Alberts |title=Geographic Names of the Antarctic |editor-first=Fred G. |publisher=United States Board on Geographic Names |year=1995}}
- {{cite gnis2 |type=antarid |id=17585 |name=Bellafronto Bight}}
- {{cite gnis2 |type=antarid |id=17449 |name=Bratina Lagoon}}
- {{cite gnis2 |type=antarid |id=17592 |name=Dreary Isthmus}}
- {{cite gnis2 |type=antarid |id=17594 |name=Lake Eggers}}
- {{cite gnis2 |type=antarid |id=17604 |name=Moraine Strait}}
- {{citation |url=https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:C78192s1_Ant.Map_Mount_Discovery.jpg |accessdate=2024-02-23 |title=Mount Discovery |publisher=USGS: United States Geological Survey |ref= }}
- {{cite gnis2 |type=antarid |id=17624 |name=Swyers Point}}
References
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