Cape Brown
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Cape Brown is a prominent ice-covered cape 5.5 miles (9 km) north-northeast of the summit of Mount Nicholas
, marking the eastern side of the entrance to Schokalsky Bay
on the northeast coast of Alexander Island
. It was first seen from a distance by the French Antarctic Expedition
under Jean-Baptiste Charcot in 1909, but charted as part of a small island. It was photographed from the air in 1937 by the British Graham Land Expedition
under Rymill, and later roughly mapped from the photos. It was surveyed from the ground in 1948 by Colin C. Brown, Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey surveyor at Stonington Island
, 1948–49, for whom the cape is named.
Mount Nicholas
Mount Nicholas is a mountain, 1,465 m, standing 5.5 nautical miles south-southwest of Cape Brown and forming the north limit of Douglas Range on the east side of Alexander Island....
, marking the eastern side of the entrance to Schokalsky Bay
Schokalsky Bay
Schokalsky Bay is a bay, 9 nautical miles wide at its entrance and indenting 6 nautical miles between Mount Calais and Cape Brown along the east coast of Alexander Island...
on the northeast coast of Alexander Island
Alexander Island
Alexander Island or Alexander I Island or Alexander I Land or Alexander Land is the largest island of Antarctica, with an area of lying in the Bellingshausen Sea west of the base of the Antarctic Peninsula, from which it is separated by Marguerite Bay and George VI Sound. Alexander Island lies off...
. It was first seen from a distance by the French Antarctic Expedition
French Antarctic Expedition
French Antarctic Expedition refers to several French expeditions in Antarctica.-First expedition:Yves-Joseph de Kerguelen-Trémarec was a French explorer....
under Jean-Baptiste Charcot in 1909, but charted as part of a small island. It was photographed from the air in 1937 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, and later roughly mapped from the photos. It was surveyed from the ground in 1948 by Colin C. Brown, Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey surveyor at Stonington Island
Stonington Island
Stonington Island is a rocky island lying 1 mile northeast of Neny Island in the eastern part of Marguerite Bay, off the west coast of Graham Land. Stonington Island is located at . Stonington Island, 0.4 miles long from northwest to southeast and 0.2 miles wide formerly connected by a drifted snow...
, 1948–49, for whom the cape is named.