Mountain type Stratovolcano Last eruption June 2001 Mountain range Wilkes Land Coast | Elevation 1,524 m Prominence 1,524 m Listing Ultra-prominent peak | |
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Location Sturge Island, Balleny Islands, East Antarctica Similar Mount Berlin, Mount Siple, Mount Andrus, Mount Murphy, Mount Melbourne | ||
Brown Peak is a stratovolcano and the highest point of the Balleny Islands. It is situated on the northern part of Sturge Island.
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Map of Brown Peak
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.
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