Bransfield Strait

Bransfield Strait
Fleet Sea
The strait from Livingston Island, with Antarctic Peninsula seen on the horizon
Bransfield Strait is located in Antarctica
Bransfield Strait
Bransfield Strait
LocationSouth Shetland Islands, Antarctica
Coordinates63°S 59°W / 63°S 59°W / -63; -59
EtymologyEdward Bransfield, who chartered the South Shetland Islands
Max. length300 miles (500 km)
Max. width100 kilometres (60 mi)

Bransfield Strait or Fleet Sea (Spanish: Estrecho de Bransfield, Mar de la Flota) is a body of water about 100 kilometres (60 mi) wide extending for 300 miles (500 km) in a general northeast – southwest direction between the South Shetland Islands and the Antarctic Peninsula.