Mount Bransfield
Mountain in Graham Land, Antarctica
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::summary Mountain in Graham Land, Antarctica ::
::data[format=table title="Infobox mountain"]
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Mount Bransfield |
| map | Antarctica |
| map_caption | Location in Antarctica |
| coordinates | |
| location | Trinity Peninsula, Graham Land |
| country_type | Continent |
| country | Antarctica |
| :: |
| name = Mount Bransfield | photo = | photo_caption = | map = Antarctica | map_caption = Location in Antarctica | elevation_m = | prominence_m = | coordinates = | location = Trinity Peninsula, Graham Land | country_type = Continent | country = Antarctica | range_coordinates = Mount Bransfield () is a prominent conical-topped, ice-covered mountain, 760 m high, rising 2 nmi southwest of Cape Dubouzet at the northeast tip of the Antarctic Peninsula.
Location
::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a9/Trinity_Peninsula.svg" caption="Trinity Peninsula, Antarctic Peninsula. Mount Bransfield near northeast tip"] ::
Mount Bransfield is southeast of Prime Head, the northern tip of Trinity Peninsula, which itself is the tip of the Antarctic Peninsula. It is east of the Mott Snowfield, west of the Antarctic Sound and north of Hope Bay. It faces Bransfield Island to the east. Nearby features include Cape Dubouzet to the north, Koerner Rock and Bahía Chica to the south.
Discovery and name
Mount Bransfield was discovered by a French expedition, 1837–40, under Captain Jules Dumont d'Urville, who named it for Edward Bransfield, Master, Royal Navy, who circumnavigated and charted the South Shetland Islands in 1820.
Nearby features
Nearby features, from north to south, include:
Cape Dubouzet
Obzor Hill
Vishegrad Knoll
Koerner Rock
Bahía Chica
References
Sources
- {{citation|url=https://pubs.usgs.gov/fedgov/70039167/report.pdf |accessdate=2023-12-03 |edition=2 |editor-last=Alberts |title=Geographic Names of the Antarctic |editor-first=Fred G. |publisher=United States Board on Geographic Names |year=1995}}
- {{citation |url=https://livingatlas2.arcgis.com/antarcticdemexplorer/ |accessdate=2024-06-03 |type=Digital Elevation Models created by the Polar Geospatial Center from Maxar imagery |title=Antarctic REMA Explorer |publisher=Polar Geospatial Center. University of Minnesota |year=2019 |ref= }}
- {{cite scar2 |id=100494 |name=Bahía Chica}}
- {{citation |url=https://collections.lib.uwm.edu/digital/collection/agdm/id/7696/ |accessdate=2024-05-03 |title=Graham Land and South Shetland Islands |publisher=BAS: British Antarctic Survey |year=2005 |ref= }}
- {{cite scar2 |id=137038 |name=Obzor Hill}}
- {{citation |publisher=Institut für Angewandte Geodäsie and British Antarctic Survey |year=1996 |archivedate= 23 September 2015 |title=Trinity Peninsula |type=Scale 1:250000 topographic map No. 5697 |ref= |url=http://www.bkg.bund.de/nn_193194/DE/Bundesamt/Downloads/Kostenlose-Karten/Antarktis-Karten/Satellitenbildkarten/Scale250/Daten/Trinity-Peninsula,templateId=raw,property=publicationFile.pdf/Trinity-Peninsula.pdf |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923191640/http://www.bkg.bund.de/nn_193194/DE/Bundesamt/Downloads/Kostenlose-Karten/Antarktis-Karten/Satellitenbildkarten/Scale250/Daten/Trinity-Peninsula,templateId=raw,property=publicationFile.pdf/Trinity-Peninsula.pdf}}
- {{cite scar2 |id=137039 |name=Vishegrad Knoll}}
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