Brosnahan Island
Brosnahan Island is an island 2 kilometres long, rising above the western part of the Ross Ice Shelf 20 kilometres northeast of Cape Murray. It was mapped by the United States Geological Survey from tellurometer surveys and Navy air photos, 1959–63, and named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names for Commander James J.Brosnahan Island
- Type: Island
- Description: island off the Ross Ice Shelf, Antarctica
- Categories: locality and landform
- Location: Antarctica
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Latitude
-79.47389° or 79° 28′ 26″ southLongitude
161.00656° or 161° 0′ 24″ eastNamed after
Commander James J. BrosnahanOpen location code
2VG3G2G4+CJOpenStreetMap ID
node 2416037734OpenStreetMap feature
place=island
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Brosnahan Island” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Brosnahan Island”
- Chinese: “布羅斯納漢島”
- Dutch: “Brosnahan Island”
- German: “Brosnahan Island”
- Macedonian: “Броснахан”
- Macedonian: “Островот Броснахан”
- Newari: “ब्रोसनाहन टापु”
- Newari: “ब्रोसनाहन न्हसिभु”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Brosnahan Island”
- Swedish: “Brosnahan Island”
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