Human activity within the Antarctic Sound region has largely bypassed Brown Bluff, as you make your way up the cobble and ash beach toward the Bluff you really experience it's remoteness.

The beach, approximately 3 kilometers long, rises to a steep scree slope, which in turn rises to meet the towering rust-colored cliff of volcanic rock that dominates the landscape.

All around you are tens of thousands of Adélie penguins and several hundred Gentoo who also inhabit this region.

On the beach under the cliff are large Volcanic tephra that provide nesting homes for the birds.