Mount Bransfield

Mount Bransfield (-63.28333°N, -57.08333°W) is a prominent conical-topped, ice-covered mountain, 760 m high, rising 2 nmi southwest of Cape Dubouzet at the northeast tip of the Antarctic Peninsula.

Location
Mount Bransfield is southeast of Prime Head, the northern tip of Trinity Peninsula, which itself is the tip of the Antarctic Peninsula. It is east of the Mott Snowfield, west of the Antarctic Sound and north of Hope Bay. It faces Bransfield Island to the east. Nearby features include Cape Dubouzet to the north, Koerner Rock and Bahía Chica to the south.

Discovery and name
Mount Bransfield was discovered by a French expedition, 1837–40, under Captain Jules Dumont d'Urville, who named it for Edward Bransfield, Master, Royal Navy, who circumnavigated and charted the South Shetland Islands in 1820.

Nearby features
Nearby features, from nortth to south, include:

Cape Dubouzet
-63.26667°N, -57.05°W. A cape which marks the northeast extremity of Antarctic Peninsula. Charted in 1838 by a French expedition under Captain Jules Dumont d'Urville, who named it for Lieutenant Joseph Dubouzet of the expedition ship Zélée.

Obzor Hill
-63.26667°N, -57.09528°W. A hill that rises to 479 m high at the northeast tip of Trinity Peninsula. It is situated 2.46 km west-southwest of Cape Dubouzet, 1.18 km north of Mount Bransfield and 1.87 km northwest of Vishegrad Knoll. German-British mapping in 1996. Named after the settlement of Obzor in Eastern Bulgaria.

Vishegrad Knoll
-63.27583°N, -57.06417°W. A hill that rises to 532 m high at the northeast tip of Trinity Peninsula. Situated 2.21 km south-southwest of Cape Dubouzet, 1.87 km southeast of Obzor Hill and 1.83 km east  of Mount Bransfield. German-British mapping in 1996. Named after the settlement of Vishegrad in Southern Bulgaria.

Koerner Rock
-63.31667°N, -57.08333°W. A small but conspicuous rock outcrop 4 nmi southwest of Cape Dubouzet. Named by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) for Roy M. Koerner, Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) assistant meteorologist and glaciologist at Hope Bay, 1957-60.

Bahía Chica
-63.35°N, -57.05°W. Bahía Chica (Small Bay) is a bay on the coast of the Antarctic Peninsula. The name originates from Argentina.