Westarctica: added info about geology and ecology

2020-06-26T22:49:17Z

added info about geology and ecology

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	==Discovery and name==		==Discovery and name==
	They were delineated from aerial photographs taken by the [[U.S. Navy]]'s Operation Highjump in December 1946. The islands were named by the Advisory Committee on [[Antarctic]] Names for the USS ''Brownson'', a vessel of the eastern task group of Operation Highjump.		They were delineated from aerial photographs taken by the [[U.S. Navy]]'s Operation Highjump in December 1946. The islands were named by the Advisory Committee on [[Antarctic]] Names for the USS ''Brownson'', a vessel of the eastern task group of Operation Highjump.

			==Ecology==
			[[File:Brownson Island Lichens.jpg\|350px\|thumb\|Black and yellow lichens on a granite boulder in the Brownson Islands.]]
			In 2017, a research team from the Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research visited Brownson Island and discovered evidence of numerous black and yellow [[lichen]]s. The team also identified what they presumed to be bones and skin from dead birds as well as bones buried 6 centimeters under the surface.

			==Geology==
			The island is predominantly composed of various types of granite, including red and gray granite. This is characterized as fields of small boulders of varying size and composition strewn across the islands.

	==Peerage title==		==Peerage title==

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[[File:Barony Brownson.jpg|350px|thumb|Map of Cranton Bay and the Canisteo Peninsula showing the Brownson Islands]]
The '''Brownson Islands ''' (74°10′S 103°36′W) are a group of about 20 small islands which lie just outside the entrance to [[Cranton Bay]], about 14 nautical miles (26 km) southwest of the southwest tip of the [[Canisteo Peninsula]] in [[Westarctica]]

==Discovery and name==
They were delineated from aerial photographs taken by the [[U.S. Navy]]'s Operation Highjump in December 1946. The islands were named by the Advisory Committee on [[Antarctic]] Names for the USS ''Brownson'', a vessel of the eastern task group of Operation Highjump.

==Peerage title==
Due to a clerical error, there are two [[Peerage of Westarctica|peerage titles]] linked to the islands. The result was two barons with essentially the same title. When alerted to this discrepancy by the [[Ellsworth King of Arms]], [[Grand Duke Travis]] replied: "The islands are big enough for both of them." The solution was to drop the "n" in one of the titles to make it distinctive.

===Two Brownson peerages===
* Baron Browson Delange - Granted 2 February 2016 to Thomas Delage, a Frenchman who served as Westarctica's [[Honorary Consular Corps|Honorary Consul]] to Eastern Europe from 2016 - 2018.

* Baron of Brownson - Granted to Daniel Paul Means on 22 February 2016 in recognition of his support of Westarctica.

[[Category: Islands]]

Brownson Islands - Revision history

Westarctica: added info about geology and ecology

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