Bransfield Strait

Bransfield Strait
Fleet Sea
The strait from Livingston Island, with Antarctic Peninsula seen on the horizon
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Location	South Shetland Islands, Antarctica
Coordinates	63°S 59°W / 63°S 59°W / -63; -59
Etymology	Edward Bransfield, who chartered the South Shetland Islands
Max. length	300 miles (500 km)
Max. width	100 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.