Branstetter Rocks
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| Waters | Amery Ice Shelf , Prydz Bay | |
| Geographical location | 70 ° 7 ′ S , 72 ° 40 ′ E | |
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The Branstetter Rocks are a small group of islands off the Ingrid Christensen coast of the East Antarctic Princess Elisabeth Land . They are located 1.5 m east-northeast of Thil Island in the eastern section of the Amery Ice Shelf .
The American cartographer John Hobbie Roscoe (1919-2007) mapped the islands in 1952 using aerial photographs taken by the United States Navy during Operation Highjump (1946-1947). Roscoe named it after J. C. Branstetter, a crew member on Operation Highjump flights for aerial photography in the area of this archipelago.
Web links
- Branstetter Rocks in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Branstetter Rocks on geographic.org (English)