Brown Peak (Sturge Island)
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Brown Peak is a stratovolcano and the highest point of the Balleny Islands. It is situated on the northern part of Sturge Island. Recent research suggests this may be as high as 2170m.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Discovery and naming
John Balleny discovered Brown Peak in February 1839, and named it for William Brown, a Glasgow merchant who provided financial support to the Enderby Brothers' expedition.<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref> In 1841, Captain James Clark Ross, who sighted the islands on his own expedition to Antarctica, gave it the name Russell Peak.<ref name="gnis"/>
Possible 2001 eruption
Satellite imagery suggests that an eruption may have occurred on or about 12 June 2001.<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>
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