Brisbane Heights

Brisbane Heights are an ice-covered area of west-central Coronation Island amongst the South Orkney Islands in the British Antarctic Territory, rising to about 3,018 feet above seal level between Worswick Hill and Beaufoy Ridge.

The heights were roughly surveyed by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey from Signy in 1948-49 and named 'Brisbane Plateau', after Captain Matthew Brisbane (?1787-1833), Master of the cutter Beaufoy, who sailed with Weddell, 1822-24, and took part in the first survey of the south coasts of the South Orkney Islands in January 1823. The area was resurveyed by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey from Signy in 1956 and renamed 'Brisbane Heights'.

Location

• Location map: 60°36’0"S, 45°37’59"W

References

• Gazetteer and Map of The British Antarctic Territory: Brisbane Heights