Browns Glacier

Browns Glacier
Location of Princess Elizabeth Land
Map showing the location of Browns Glacier
Location of Browns Glacier in Antarctica
Location Princess Elizabeth Land
Coordinates 68°56′S 78°00′E / 68.933°S 78.000°E / -68.933; 78.000
Length 4 nmi (7 km; 5 mi)
Thickness unknown
Terminus Ranvik Bay
Status unknown

Browns Glacier (68°56′S 78°0′E / 68.933°S 78.000°E / -68.933; 78.000Coordinates: 68°56′S 78°0′E / 68.933°S 78.000°E / -68.933; 78.000) is a small glacier 4 nautical miles (7 km) north of Chaos Glacier, flowing westward into the northern extremity of Ranvik Bay. The glacier was charted by Norwegian cartographers from air photographs taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition (1936–37), and was further identified in John H. Roscoe's 1952 study of this area from U.S. Navy Operation Highjump (1946–47) photography. It was named by Roscoe for Lieutenant (j.g.) Eduardo P. Brown, U.S. Navy, photographic officer with the western task group of Operation Highjump.[1]

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References

  1. ↑ "Browns Glacier". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2011-09-21.

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