Browning Peninsula (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Browning Peninsula (The name as it would appear on a map)
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Feature type: Peninsula (8)
This name originates from United States of America. It is part of the United States Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.
Names that other countries have for this feature:
Rocky peninsula, 4 mi long, separating Penney Bay and Eyres Bay at the S end of the Windmill Islands. First mapped from air photos taken by USN Operation HighJump and Operation Windmill in 1947 and 1948. Named by the US-ACAN for Cdr. Charles L. Browning, USN, chief staff officer with USN Operation Windmill and later staff officer with Task Force 43, the logistic arm of USN Operation Deep Freeze, 1955-56.
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