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>Template:Cite web</ref>
Discovery and naming
[edit]John Balleny discovered Brown Peak in February 1839, and named it for W. Brown, a merchant who provided financial support to the Enderby Brothers' expedition. 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
[edit]Satellite imagery suggests that an eruption may have occurred on or about 12 June 2001.<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>