Mount Bransfield
| Mount Bransfield | |
|---|---|
  Trinity Peninsula, Graham Land | |
| Highest point | |
| Coordinates | 63°17′S 57°5′W / 63.283°S 57.083°W |
| Geography | |
| Location | Trinity Peninsula, Graham Land |
| Continent | Antarctica |
Mount Bransfield (63°17′S 57°5′W / 63.283°S 57.083°W) is a prominent conical-topped, ice-covered mountain, 760 metres (2,490 ft) high, rising 2 nautical miles (3.7 km; 2.3 mi) southwest of Cape Dubouzet at the northeast tip of the Antarctic Peninsula.[1]
Location[edit]
Mount Bransfield is southeast of the northern tip of Trinity Peninsula, which itself is the tip of the Antarctic Peninsula. It is east of the Mott Snowfield, southeast of Prime Head, the northern tip of the Trinity Peninsula, 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.[2][3]
Discovery and name[edit]
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.[1]
Nearby features[edit]
Obzor Hill[edit]
63°16′00″S 57°05′43″W / 63.26667°S 57.09528°W. The hill rising to 490 metres (1,610 ft) high at the northeast tip of Trinity Peninsula. Situated 2.46 kilometres (1.53 mi) west-southwest of Cape Dubouzet, 1.18 kilometres (0.73 mi) north of Mount Bransfield and 1.87 kilometres (1.16 mi) northwest of Vishegrad Knoll. German-British mapping in 1996. Named after the settlement of Obzor in Eastern Bulgaria.[4]
Vishegrad Knoll[edit]
63°16′33″S 57°03′51″W / 63.27583°S 57.06417°W. The hill rising to 550 metres (1,800 ft) high at the northeast tip of Trinity Peninsula. Situated 2.21 kilometres (1.37 mi) south-southwest of Cape Dubouzet, 1.87 kilometres (1.16 mi) southeast of Obzor Hill and 1.83 kilometres (1.14 mi) east of Mount Bransfield. German-British mapping in 1996. Named after the settlement of Vishegrad in Southern Bulgaria.[5]
Yagodina Knoll[edit]
63°17′16.5″S 57°09′06″W / 63.287917°S 57.15167°W The ice-covered hill rising to 530 metres (1,740 ft) high at the northeast extremity of Trinity Peninsula. Situated 8.21 kilometres (5.10 mi) south-southeast of Siffrey Point, 2.81 kilometres (1.75 mi) west-southwest of Mount Bransfield, 3.85 kilometres (2.39 mi) northwest of Koerner Rock and 22.4 kilometres (13.9 mi) east-northeast of Fidase Peak. Surmounting Mott Snowfield to the southwest. German-British mapping in 1996. Named after the settlement of Yagodina in Southern Bulgaria.[6]
Cape Dubouzet[edit]
63°16′S 57°03′W / 63.267°S 57.050°W. A cape which marks the northeast extremity of Antarctic Peninsula. Charted in 1838 by a French expedition under Captain Jules Dumont d'Urville, who named it for Lieutenant Joseph Dubouzet of the expedition ship Zélée.[7]
Koerner Rock[edit]
63°19′S 57°05′W / 63.317°S 57.083°W. A small but conspicuous rock outcrop 4 nautical miles (7.4 km; 4.6 mi) southwest of Cape Dubouzet. Named by UK-APC for Roy M. Koerner, FIDS assistant meteorologist and glaciologist at Hope Bay, 1957-60.[8]
Bahía Chica[edit]
63°21′S 57°03′W / 63.350°S 57.050°W. Bahía Chica (Small Bay) is a bay on the coast of the Antarctic Peninsula. The name originates from Argentina.[9]
References[edit]
- ^ a b Alberts 1995, p. 89.
- ^ Trinity Peninsula AG and BAS.
- ^ Graham Land and South Shetland BAS.
- ^ Obzor Hill SCAR.
- ^ Vishegrad Knoll SCAR.
- ^ Yagodina Knoll SCAR.
- ^ Alberts 1995, p. 202.
- ^ Alberts 1995, p. 399.
- ^ Bahía Chica SCAR.
Sources[edit]
- Alberts, Fred G., ed. (1995), Geographic Names of the Antarctic (PDF) (2 ed.), United States Board on Geographic Names, retrieved 2023-12-03
This article incorporates public domain material from websites or documents of the United States Board on Geographic Names. - "Bahía Chica", Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica, Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research
- Graham Land and South Shetland Islands, BAS: British Antarctic Survey, 2005, retrieved 2024-05-03
- "Obzor Hill", Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica, Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research
- Trinity Peninsula (PDF) (Scale 1:250000 topographic map No. 5697), Institut für Angewandte Geodäsie and British Antarctic Survey, 1996, archived from the original (PDF) on 23 September 2015
- "Vishegrad Knoll", Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica, Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research
- "Yagodina Knoll", Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica, Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research
This article incorporates public domain material from websites or documents of the United States Geological Survey.