Brownson Islands
| Brownson Islands | ||
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| Waters | Amundsen Sea , Southern Ocean | |
| Geographical location | 74 ° 10 ′ S , 103 ° 36 ′ W | |
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| Number of islands | 20th | |
The Brownson Islands are a group of around 20 islands off the Walgreen coast of West Antarctic Ellsworthland . They are located about 22 km southwest of the southwest tip of the Canisteo Peninsula just before the entrance to Cranton Bay .
The islands were mapped on the basis of aerial photographs of the US American Operation Highjump (1946-1947) from December 1946. The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named them in 1955 after the USS Brownson , a destroyer used in Operation Highjump .
Web links
- Brownson Islands in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Brownson Islands on geographic.org (English)