Brown Glacier
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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Round Hill and Fairchild Beach.
Round Hill
Peak
Round Hill is an ice-free, rounded hill rising southward of Fairchild Beach and between Compton Glacier and Brown Glacier, on the northeast side of Heard Island.
Fairchild Beach
Beach
Fairchild Beach is a sandy beach, 0.32 nautical miles wide and 1 nautical mile long, which extends north from the base of Round Hill to the south side of the terminus of Compton Glacier, on the east side of Heard Island in the southern Indian Ocean.
Skua Beach
Beach
Skua Beach is a sandy beach lying at the base of Scarlet Hill on the east side of Heard Island. The name Launches Beach appears to have had some usage by American sealers as shown by an unpublished sealer's map of "Hurds Island" of the 1860–70 period. Skua Beach is situated 3 km southeast of Brown Glacier.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Cape Bidlingmaier.
Cape Bidlingmaier
Locality
Cape Bidlingmaier is a rocky cape at the east side of the entrance to Mechanics Bay, on the north side of Heard Island in the southern Indian Ocean. The feature appears to have been known to American sealers as Morgan's Point, as shown by Captain H.C. Cape Bidlingmaier is situated 10 km northwest of Brown Glacier.
Brown Glacier
- Type: Glacier with an elevation of 215 metres
- Description: glacier in Antarctica
- Category: landform
- Location: Heard Island and McDonald Islands
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In Other Languages
From Bengali to Swedish—“Brown Glacier” goes by many names.
- Bengali: “ব্রাউন হিমবাহ”
- Chinese: “布朗冰川”
- German: “Brown-Gletscher”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Brownbreen”
- Swedish: “Brown Glacier”
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