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Mount Bransfield

Mount Bransfield is a science topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Mount Bransfield rather than just read about it. In short: Mount Bransfield (63°17′S 57°5′W) 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. Location Mount Bransfield is southeast of Prime Head, the northern tip of Trinity Peninsula, which itself is the tip of the Antarctic Peninsula.

Key takeaways

Mount Bransfield belongs to science; place it in that map before memorising details.
Learn the definition first, then one example that makes the definition concrete.
Connect Mount Bransfield to a quantity you can measure, compute or draw — that is where exam questions come from.
Reproduce the core statement of Mount Bransfield from memory before moving on to harder problems.

Reference excerpt

Mount Bransfield (63°17′S 57°5′W) 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.

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 north to south, include:

Cape Dubouzet 63°16′S 57°03′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°16′00″S 57°05′43″W. A hill that rises to 479 metres (1,572 ft) high at the northeast tip of Trinity Peninsula. It is situated 2.46 kilometres (1.53 mi) west-southwest of Cape Dubouzet, 1.18 kilometres (0.73 mi) north of Mount Bransfield and 1.87 kilometres (1.16 mi) northwest of Vishegrad Knoll. German-British mapping in 1996. Named after the settlement of Obzor in Eastern Bulgaria.

Vishegrad Knoll 63°16′33″S 57°03′51″W. A hill that rises to 532 metres (1,745 ft) high at the northeast tip of Trinity Peninsula. Situated 2.21 kilometres (1.37 mi) south-southwest of Cape Dubouzet, 1.87 kilometres (1.16 mi) southeast of Obzor Hill and 1.83 kilometres (1.14 mi) east of Mount Bransfield. German-British mapping in 1996. Named after the settlement of Vishegrad in Southern Bulgaria.

Koerner Rock 63°19′S 57°05′W. A small but conspicuous rock outcrop 4 nautical miles (7.4 km; 4.6 mi) 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°21′S 57°03′W. Bahía Chica (Small Bay) is a bay on the coast of the Antarctic Peninsula. The name originates from Argentina.

References

Sources

This article incorporates public domain material from websites or documents of the United States Geological Survey.

Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Mount Bransfield

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Mount Bransfield claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In science, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to Mount Bransfield before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Mount Bransfield ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Mount Bransfield

In research: Mount Bransfield appears in science research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Mount Bransfield in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Mount Bransfield is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics Mountains of Trinity Peninsula, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Mount Bransfield outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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How to study Mount Bransfield in 20 minutes

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Frequently asked questions

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Why does Mount Bransfield matter?

Because it connects several science ideas at once: it gives you a definition you can apply, a quantity you can calculate, and a way to check whether a result is plausible.

How should I study Mount Bransfield?

Read the excerpt, restate it from memory, then work through the examples and applications listed on this page. The five-step study plan above takes about twenty minutes.

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