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Brown Peninsula () is a nearly ice-free peninsula, long and wide, which rises above the
Brown Peninsula () is a nearly ice-free peninsula, long and wide, which rises above the Ross Ice Shelf
The Ross Ice Shelf is the largest ice shelf of Antarctica (, an area of roughly and about across: about the size of France). It is several hundred metres thick. The nearly vertical ice front to the open sea is more than long, and between hi ...
northward of Mount Discovery
Mount Discovery is a conspicuous, isolated stratovolcano, lying at the head of McMurdo Sound and east of Koettlitz Glacier, overlooking the NW portion of the Ross Ice Shelf. It forms the center of a three-armed mass of which Brown Peninsula is on ...
, to which it is connected by a low isthmus. It was discovered by the British National Antarctic Expedition, 1901–04
The ''Discovery'' Expedition of 1901–1904, known officially as the British National Antarctic Expedition, was the first official British exploration of the Antarctic regions since the voyage of James Clark Ross sixty years earlier (1839–184 ...
, which named it "Brown Island" because of its color and its island-like character. Since it is a peninsula, the name has been altered accordingly.
See also
*Ebon Pond Ebon Pond () is a pond located in the southwestern extremity of the Brown Peninsula in Victoria Land. It was first studied on the ground by U.S. geologist Troy L. Pewe during U.S. Navy Operation Deepfreeze
Operation Deep Freeze (OpDFrz or ODF) is ...
References
Peninsulas of Antarctica Landforms of Victoria Land Scott Coast {{ScottCoast-geo-stub