GEOGRAPHIC NAMES OF ANTARCTICA 



9 mi. S. of Hope Bay on the E. side of Tabarin Pen., 

 at the NE. end of Palmer Pen.; in 63°32'S., 56°55'W. 

 First charted by the FIDS, who named it following 

 their survey in 1946. 



BROWNING, MOUNT: mountain about 2,500 ft. 

 in el., which stands at the N. end of the mountain 

 mass dominated by Mt. Abbott, at the W. side of 

 Terra Nova Bay, in Victoria Land; in about 

 74°45'S., 164°00'E. Probably first seen by the 

 BrNAE under Scott, 1901-4. Named by the BrAE 

 under Scott, 1910-13, for Petty Officer Frank V. 

 Browning, RN, a member of the party which ex- 

 plored this area. 



BROWN ISLAND: small, brown, almost snow- 

 free island about 5.5 mi. SW. of Cape Errera, 

 Wiencke I., at the SW. end of the Palmer Arch.; in 

 64°58'S., 63°47'W. Charted by the BGLE under 

 Rymill, 1934-37, and so named because its brown 

 color was distinguishable from adjacent snow- 

 capped islands. 



feROWN ISLAND: an island-like promontory, 

 about 10 mi. long and 4 mi. wide, protruding 

 through the Ross Ice Shelf N. of Mt. Discovery, to 

 which it is connected by a low isthmus; in about 

 78°10'S., 165°25'E. Disc, in 1902 by the BrNAE 

 under Scott, who so named it because of its color. 

 Not adopted: Broune Insel [German], Brun oya 

 [Norwegian] . 



BROWN MOUNTAIN: rounded hill, about 1,100 

 ft. in el., standing 1 mi. S. of the whaling station at 

 Grytviken, near the W. shore of Cumberland East 

 Bay, South Georgia; in 54°17'S., 36°31'W. The 

 feature was first surveyed by the SwedAE, 1901-4, 

 under Nordenskjold. The descriptive name 

 "Braun-Berg" or "Braun Berg" (meaning Brown 

 Mountain) was given by A. Szielasko who mapped 

 this area in 1906. The English form of the name 

 was recommended by the Br-APC in 1954. Not 

 adopted: Braun Berg [German], Braun-Berg 

 [German] . 



BROWN PEAK: peak about 5,000 ft. in el., which 

 rises in the N. part of Sturge I., in the Balleny Is.; 

 in about 67°17'S., 164°10'E. Disc, in February 

 1839 by a Br. exp. under Balleny, who named it for 

 W. Brown, one of the merchants who helped Charles 

 Enderby in sending out the exp. The peak was 

 resighted in 1841 by a Br. exp. under Ross, who 

 applied the name Russell Peak. Not adopted: Rus- 

 sell Peak. 



BROWNS BAY: bay about 1.5 mi. wide, which 

 lies between Capes Mabel and Geddes along the N. 

 coast of Laurie I., in the South Orkney Is.; in 

 60°43'S., 44°36'W. The bay was probably seen in 

 1823 by a Br. sealing exp. under Weddell. It was 



charted by the ScotNAE under Bruce, 1902-4, who 

 named it for R. N. Rudmose Brown, naturalist of 

 the expedition. Not adopted: Brown's Bay. 



BROWNS GLACIER: channel glacier, about 2 

 mi. wide and 4 mi. long, flowing W. from the conti- 

 nental ice overlying Ingrid Christensen Coast, and 

 terminating in a small tongue about 3 mi. SE. of 

 Ranvik I., at the head of Ranvik Bay; in about 

 68°57'S., 77°55'E. Charted by Norwegian car- 

 tographers from aerial photographs taken in Janu- 

 ary 1937 by the Nor. exp. under Lars Christensen. 

 Named by John H. Roscoe, following his 1952 study 

 of USN Op. Hjp. aerial photographs taken in March 

 1947, for Lt. (j.g.) Eduardo P. Brown, USN, photo- 

 graphic officer with the western task group of USN 

 Op. Hjp., 1946-47. 



BROWNSON ISLANDS: small group of islands 

 lying off the entrance to Pine Island Bay about 15 

 mi. SW. of the SW. end of Canisteo Pen., off the 

 Walgreen Coast of Marie Byrd Land; in about 

 73°55'S., 102°00'W. Delineated from aerial photo- 

 graphs taken by USN Op. Hjp. in December 1946. 

 Named by the US-ACAN for the U.S.S. Brownson, 

 destroyer escort of the eastern task group of USN 

 Op. Hjp., Task Force 68, 1946-47. 



BROWNS POINT: point which forms the E. side 

 of the entrance to Fournier Bay, on the NE. coast 

 of Anvers I., in the Palmer Arch.; in 64°30'S., 

 63°02'W. Charted and named by DI personnel on 

 the Discovery in 1927. 



BRUCE CAPE: conspicuous bluff about 500 ft. 

 in el., lying just W. of the mouth of Taylor Gl. and 

 forming the E. side of the entrance of Oom Bay, on 

 Mac-Robertson Coast; in about 67°25'S., 60°50'E. 

 A landing was made here on Feb. 18, 1931 by the 

 BANZARE under Mawson, who applied the name. 



Bruce Coast: VACATED. See Caird Coast and 

 Princess Martha Coast. 



BRUCE, MOUNT: snow-covered peak, about 

 2,800 ft. in el., which forms the highest summit in 

 the Bowers Hills, on Oates Coast; in about 70°08'S., 

 162°45'E. Disc, by members of the Terra Nova of 

 the BrAE under Scott, who explored along Oates 

 Coast under Lt. Harry L. L. Pennell, RN, in Febru- 

 ary 1911. Named for Lt. Wilfred M. Bruce, RNR, 

 officer in charge of zoological work aboard the 

 Terra Nova. 



Bruce Harkness, Mount: see Harkness, Mount. 



BRUCE ISLANDS: group of islands and rocks 

 about 1.5 mi. NW. of Eillium I. and about 3 mi. 

 NW. of Route Pt., the NW. tip of Laurie I., in the 

 South Orkney Is.; in 60°41'S., 44°54'W. These is- 

 lands were roughly charted in 1912-13 by a JNor. 



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