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