Brown Peak (Sturge Island)

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Location of the Balleny Islands

Sturge Island is the southernmost of the Balleny Islands

Brown Peak
Elevation	1,500 metres (5,000 feet)
Location	Sturge Island, Antarctica
Prominence	1,500 m (5,000 ft)
Coordinates	67.40° S 164.83° E
Type	Stratovolcano
Last eruption	June 2001

Brown Peak is the highest point of the Balleny Islands, reaching 1,500 m above sea level. It is situated on Sturge Island near Antarctica. John Balleny discovered it in 1839, and named it for W. Brown, one of the supporters of the Enderby Brothers' expedition. In 1841, James Clark Ross, who sighted the islands on his own expedition to Antarctica, gave it the name Russell or Russel Peak.

[edit] References

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