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Brownson Islands
The Brownson Islands are a group of about 20 small islands which lie just outside the entrance to Cranton Bay, about 14 nautical miles (26 km) southwest of the southwest tip of the Canisteo Peninsula. They comprises four main islands surrounded by manysmaller islets and rocks, and are largely ice-free in summer. S.
Overview
The Brownson Islands are a group of about 20 small islands which lie just outside the entrance to Cranton Bay, about 14 nautical miles (26 km) southwest of the southwest tip of the Canisteo Peninsula. They comprises four main islands surrounded by manysmaller islets and rocks, and are largely ice-free in summer. They were delineated from aerial photographs taken by U.S. Navy Operation Highjump in December 1946, and named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names for the USS Brownson, a vessel of the eastern task group of this expedition.
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Census, cataloged
Also in the area
Inside the group's outline but not confirmed as members by any source.
- Unnamed island170 m · 3.8 km²
- Unnamed island0.01 km²
- Unnamed island0.9 ha
- Unnamed island0.7 ha
- Unnamed island0.6 ha
- Unnamed island0.5 ha
- Unnamed island15 m · 0.2 ha
- Unnamed island<0.1 ha
- Unnamed island<0.1 ha
Figures
Comparative heights
To the same scale
Islands by area
| Unnamed island | 3.8 km² |
| Unnamed island | 0.01 km² |
| Unnamed island | 0.9 ha |
| Unnamed island | 0.7 ha |
| Unnamed island | 0.6 ha |
| Unnamed island | 0.5 ha |
| Unnamed island | 0.2 ha |
| Unnamed island | <0.1 ha |
| Unnamed island | <0.1 ha |