Brown Island
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Brown Island is a small, brown, almost snow-free island in the southeastern part of the Wauwermans Islands
, 2 miles (3 km) southwest of Wednesday Island
, in the Wilhelm Archipelago
. It was charted by the British Graham Land Expedition
under Rymill, 1934–37, and so named because its brown color distinguished it from adjacent snow-capped islands.
Wauwermans Islands
Wauwermans Islands is a group of small, low, snow-covered islands forming the northernmost group in the Wilhelm Archipelago. Discovered by a German expedition 1873-74, under Dallmann. Sighted by the Belgian Antarctic Expedition, 1897–99, under Gerlache, and named for Lieutenant General Wauwermans,...
, 2 miles (3 km) southwest of Wednesday Island
Wednesday Island
Wednesday Island is an island long, at the east end of Wauwermans Islands in the north part of Wilhelm Archipelago, Antarctica. The Wauwermans Islands were discovered by the German expedition under Eduard Dallmann, 1873–74, and were later roughly mapped by the Belgian Antarctic Expedition under...
, in the Wilhelm Archipelago
Wilhelm Archipelago
Wilhelm Archipelago is an island archipelago off the west coast of the Antarctic Peninsula in Antarctica.Wilhelm Archipelago consists of a myriad of islands, the largest of which are Booth Island and Hovgaard Island. The archipelago extends from Bismarck Strait southwest to Lumus Rock, off the...
. It was charted by the British Graham Land Expedition
British Graham Land Expedition
A British expedition to Graham Land led by John Lachlan Cope took place between 1920 and 1922. The British Graham Land Expedition was a geophysical and exploration expedition to Graham Land in Antarctica between 1934 to 1937. Under the leadership of John Riddoch Rymill, the expedition spent two...
under Rymill, 1934–37, and so named because its brown color distinguished it from adjacent snow-capped islands.