Brown Bay
| Brown Bay | ||
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| Waters | Newcomb Bay | |
| Land mass | Wilkesland , East Antarctica | |
| Geographical location | 66 ° 17 ′ 0 ″ S , 110 ° 33 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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 Map of the northern Windmill Islands with Brown Bay (lower half of the map) |
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The Brown Bay is a bay on the Budd Coast of the East Antarctic Wilke country . It is located northeast of the Casey Station built on the Bailey Peninsula .
Aerial photographs of the bay were taken during the US operation Highjump (1946–1947), during a Soviet Antarctic expedition in 1956 and at the same time as part of the Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions . The Antarctic Names Committee of Australia (ANCA) named it after Alan M. Brown, chief engineer of the Melbourne- based Antarctic Division and significantly involved in the planning and construction of the Casey station.
Web links
- Brown Bay in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Brown Bay on geographic.org (English)