Brown Valley

Brown Valley
Brown Valley Position in Antarctica
Geography
Location	Ames Range, Marie Byrd Land, Antarctica
Borders on	Mount Kauffman (northwest), Gardiner Ridge (west), Mount Kosciusko (south)
Coordinates	75°38′S 132°12′W

Brown Valley is a rectangular ice-covered valley between Mount Kauffman and Mount Kosciusko in the northeast end of the Ames Range, Marie Byrd Land. It was mapped by the United States Geological Survey from surveys and from U.S. Navy air photos, 1959–65, and named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names after Thomas I. Brown, United States Antarctic Research Program meteorologist at Byrd Station in 1963.

Topographic map of the Ames Range (1:250,000 scale) from USGS Mount Kosciusko

References

•  This article incorporates public domain material from "Brown Valley". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.