Brown Glacier

Brown Glacier (53°4′S 73°39′E) is a glacier just south of Round Hill on the east side of Heard Island. 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. To the southeast of Brown Glacier is Stephenson Glacier, whose terminus is located between Dovers Moraine and Stephenson Lagoon.

Surveyed by ANARE (Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions) in 1948. Named by Antarctic Names Committee of Australia (ANCA) for K.G. Brown, ANARE biologist on Heard Island in 1951.

References

"Brown Glacier". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 31 May 2010.

 This article incorporates public domain material from "Brown Glacier". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.