This page presents the geographical name data for
Browning Peninsula in Antarctica, as supplied by the US military intelligence in electronic format, including the geographic coordinates and place name in various forms, latin, roman and native characters, and its location in its respective country's administrative division
Feature Name
(see definition):
Browning Peninsula
Feature Class
(see definition):
Cape
Country Code
(see definition): AQ (Antarctica)
Feature ID
(see definition):
2015
Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds
(see definition):
66° 28' 00" S
Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds
(see definition):
110° 33' 00" E
Primary Latitude in decimal degrees
(see definition):
-66.4666667
Primary Longitude in decimal degrees
(see definition):
110.55
Elevation
(see definition):
No data
Decision Year
(see definition):
01/01/1956
Description
(see definition):
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 U.S. Navy (USN) OpHjp and OpWml in 1947 and 1948. Named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Commander Charles L. Browning, USN, chief staff officer with U.S. Navy (USN) OpWml and later staff officer with Task Force 43, the logistic arm of U.S. Navy (USN) Operation Deep Freeze, 1955-56.
Date Created
(see definition):
No data
Date Edited
(see definition):
No data
NOTE: The information regarding
Browning Peninsula in Antarctica on this page is published from the data supplied by the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, a member of the Intelligence community of the Antarctica, and a Department of Defense (DoD) Combat Support Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of
Browning Peninsula information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about
Browning Peninsula should be addressed to the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency.