Mount Bransfield
| Mount Bransfield | ||
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| height | 760 m | |
| location | Grahamland , Antarctic Peninsula | |
| Coordinates | 63 ° 16 ′ 38 " S , 57 ° 6 ′ 8" W | |
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Mount Bransfield ( French Mont Bransfield ) is a distinctive, conical, icy and 760 m high mountain in Graham Land on the Antarctic Peninsula . It rises 3 km southwest of Cape Dubouzet at the northeast end of the Trinity Peninsula .
The British navigator Edward Bransfield (1785-1852) discovered and mapped it on January 20, 1820. He named the mountain as Mount Wakefield . A detailed mapping was carried out by participants in the Third French Antarctic Expedition (1837-1840) under the direction of polar explorer Jules Dumont d'Urville . D'Urville renamed the mountain after its discoverer.
Web links
- Mount Bransfield in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Mount Bransfield on geographic.org (English)