Brown Peninsula
The Brown Peninsula is a nearly ice-free peninsula, 10 nautical miles long and 4 nautical miles wide, which rises above the Ross Ice Shelf northward of Mount Discovery, to which it is connected by a low isthmus.
- Type: Peninsula
- Description: peninsula in Antarctica
- Also known as: “Brown Island”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Eggers, Lake and Tuff Bluff.
Eggers, Lake
Lake
The Brown Peninsula is a nearly ice-free peninsula, 10 nautical miles long and 4 nautical miles wide, which rises above the Ross Ice Shelf northward of Mount Discovery, to which it is connected by a low isthmus.
Tuff Bluff
Cliff
The Brown Peninsula is a nearly ice-free peninsula, 10 nautical miles long and 4 nautical miles wide, which rises above the Ross Ice Shelf northward of Mount Discovery, to which it is connected by a low isthmus.
Wise, Mount
Peak
The Brown Peninsula is a nearly ice-free peninsula, 10 nautical miles long and 4 nautical miles wide, which rises above the Ross Ice Shelf northward of Mount Discovery, to which it is connected by a low isthmus.
Brown Peninsula
- Category: landform
- Location: Antarctica
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-78.1° or 78° 6′ south
Longitude
165.41667° or 165° 25′ east
Elevation
457 metres (1,499 feet)
Named after
Open location code
2VH7WC28+2M
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peninsula
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Brown Peninsula” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Brown Peninsula (punta)”
- Cebuano: “Brown Peninsula”
- Chinese: “布朗半島”
- French: “péninsule Brown”
- French: “Péninsule Brown”
- German: “Brown-Halbinsel”
- Hebrew: “חצי האי בראון”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Brown Peninsula”
- Swedish: “Brown Peninsula (udde)”
- Swedish: “Brown Peninsula”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Mt Wise and Ebon Pond.
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