Browns Butte
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Browns Butte is a bare rock butte
at the north side of the mouth of Koski Glacier
in the Dominion Range
. It was named (without apostrophe) by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names
for Craig W. Brown, United States Antarctic Research Program meteorologist at South Pole Station, 1963.
Butte
A butte is a conspicuous isolated hill with steep, often vertical sides and a small, relatively flat top; it is smaller than mesas, plateaus, and table landform tables. In some regions, such as the north central and northwestern United States, the word is used for any hill...
at the north side of the mouth of Koski Glacier
Koski Glacier
Koski Glacier is an east-flowing glacier, 7 nautical miles long, draining the east-central portion of the Dominion Range icecap. The glacier lies close north of Vandament Glacier, whose flow it parallels, and terminates at Mill Glacier just southeast of Browns Butte. Named by Advisory Committee...
in the Dominion Range
Dominion Range
The Dominion Range is a broad mountain range, about long, forming a prominent salient at the juncture of the Beardmore and Mill glaciers in Antarctica. The range is part of the Queen Maud Mountains...
. It was named (without apostrophe) by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names
Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names
The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names is an advisory committee of the United States Board on Geographic Names responsible for recommending names for features in Antarctica...
for Craig W. Brown, United States Antarctic Research Program meteorologist at South Pole Station, 1963.