This page presents the geographical name data for Bransfield Island in Antarctica, as supplied by the US military intelligence in electronic format, including the geographic coordinates and place name in various forms, latin, roman and native characters, and its location in its respective country's administrative division.
Feature Name (see definition): Bransfield Island
Feature Class (see definition): Island
Country Code (see definition): AQ (Antarctica)
Feature ID (see definition): 1838
Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition):
63° 11' 00" S
Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition):
056° 36' 00" W
Primary Latitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -63.1833333
Primary Longitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -56.6
Elevation (see definition): No data
Decision Year (see definition): 01/01/1952
Description (see definition): Island nearly 5 mi long, lying 3 mi SW of D'Urville Island off the NE end of Antarctic Peninsula. The name Point Bransfield, after Edward Bransfield, Master, Royal Navy (RN), was given in 1842 by a British expedition under Ross to the low western termination of what is now the Joinville Island group. A 1947 survey by the Falklands Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) determined that this western termination is a separate island.
Date Created (see definition): No data
Date Edited (see definition): No data