Branstetter Rocks are a small group of rocks lying 1 miles (1.6 km) east-northeast of Thil Island

Thil Island

Thil Island is a small rocky island lying 1 nautical mile northeast of Jennings Promontory in the eastern part of the Amery Ice Shelf. Delineated in 1952 by John H. Roscoe from air photos taken by U.S. Navy Operation Highjump, 1946-47. Named by Roscoe for R.B...

 in the eastern part of the Amery Ice Shelf

Amery Ice Shelf

The Amery Ice Shelf is a broad ice shelf in Antarctica at the head of Prydz Bay between the Lars Christensen Coast and Ingrid Christensen Coast. It is part of Mac. Robertson Land. The name "Cape Amery" was applied to a coastal angle mapped on February 11, 1931 by the British Australian New Zealand...

. They were delineated in 1952 by John H. Roscoe from air photos taken by U.S. Navy Operation Highjump (1946–47), and named by him for J.C. Branstetter, air crewman on Operation Highjump photographic flights in the area.