Bransfield Island

Bransfield Island
Waters	Antarctic Sound
Archipelago	Joinville Islands ( West Antarctica )
Geographical location	63 ° 10 '59 " S , 56 ° 37' 59" W Coordinates: 63 ° 10 '59 " S , 56 ° 37' 59" W
length	8.2 km
width	6.1 km
surface	37.1 km²
Residents	uninhabited
	A map of the area around the northern end of the Antarctic Peninsula including Bransfield Island ( 14 )

The Bransfield Island ( English Bransfield Island , Spanish Isla Bransfield ) is an island of the Joinville Islands off the northeastern tip of the Antarctic Peninsula . In the Antarctic Sound , it lies southwest of D'Urville Island and is separated from it by the Burden Passage .

The navigator Edward Bransfield , after whom this island is named, mapped its coast on January 20, 1820. James Clark Ross believed on December 30, 1842 that it was a cape, which is why he named it as Bransfield Point . It was not until 1947 that the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey clarified the island character of this land mass through measurements. The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee established the current name in 1949, which was also adopted by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names in 1952 .

literature

John Stewart: Antarctica - An Encyclopedia . Vol. 1, McFarland & Co., Jefferson and London 2011, ISBN 978-0-7864-3590-6 , p. 202 (English)