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Mount Bransfield
Mount Bransfield is located in Antarctica
Mount Bransfield
Mount Bransfield
Location in Antarctica
Highest point
Coordinates63°17′S 57°5′W / 63.283°S 57.083°W / -63.283; -57.083 (Mount Bransfield)
Geography
LocationTrinity Peninsula, Graham Land
ContinentAntarctica

Mount Bransfield (63°17′S 57°5′W / 63.283°S 57.083°W / -63.283; -57.083 (Mount Bransfield)) is a prominent conical-topped, ice-covered mountain, 760 metres (2,490 ft) high, rising 2 nautical miles (3.7 km; 2.3 mi) southwest of Cape Dubouzet at the northeast tip of the Antarctic Peninsula.[1]

  1. ^ Alberts 1995, p. 89.

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