Brown Peak (Sturge Island)

Brown Peak is a stratovolcano and the highest point of the Balleny Islands. It is situated on the northern part of Sturge Island.

Brown Peak
Highest point
Elevation1,524 m (5,000 ft) [1]
Prominence1,524 m (5,000 ft) [1]
ListingUltra
Coordinates67°41′S 164°58′E [2]
Geography
LocationSturge Island, Balleny Islands, East Antarctica
Geology
Mountain typeStratovolcano
Last eruption2001[3]
Location of the Balleny Islands
Sturge Island is the southernmost of the Balleny Islands

Discovery and naming

John Balleny discovered Brown Peak in February 1839, and named it for W. Brown, a merchant who provided financial support to the Enderby Brothers' expedition. In 1841, Captain James Clark Ross, who sighted the islands on his own expedition to Antarctica, gave it the name Russell Peak.[2]

Possible 2001 eruption

Satellite imagery suggests that an eruption may have occurred on or about 12 June 2001.[4]

See also

References
  1. "Brown Peak, Antarctica". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 14 March 2010.
  2. "Brown Peak". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 14 March 2010.
  3. "Sturge Island". Global Volcanism Program. Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved 21 January 2018.
  4. "Report on Sturge Island (Antarctica) — May 2001". Global Volcanism Program. Smithsonian Institution. Museum of Natural History. Global Volcanism Program. May 2001. Retrieved 8 March 2020.

Bibliography
  • LeMasurier, W. E.; Thomson, J. W., eds. (1990). Volcanoes of the Antarctic Plate and Southern Oceans. American Geophysical Union. pp. 512 pp. ISBN 0-87590-172-7.


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