Name details

Nella Fjord

Nella Fjord (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Nella Fjord  (The name as it would appear on a map)

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Australian Antarctic Gazetteer Id 422

Feature type: Fjord

Origin

This name originates from Australia. It is part of the Australian Antarctic Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.

Narrative

A fjord, near Law Base in the Larsemann Hills, which separates Lied Promontory and Fletcher Promontory. Plotted from air photographs taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition 1936-37.

Named For

Named by the 1986-87 ANARE Field Party after MV Nella Dan which took the ANARE party to the Larsemann Hills.

Location

Latitude:
69° 22' 30.0" S
-69.37500°
Accurate to 25m
Longitude:
76° 21' 00.0" E
76.35000°
Accurate to 25m
Altitude:
0 m
Accurate to 10m

Images


©Rick Oates 2009
Catalogue id
IA21809
Caption
Nella Fjord, Larsemann Hills. Taken from helicopter at height of 2000 feet. Looking North.
Photographer
Oates, Rick

Map

Source

Location Method:
Unknown
Source Name:
Larsemann Hills 1:25000 Topographic GIS Dataset
Source Identifier:
Lars25K
Source Scale:
1:25000
Source Institution:
Australian Antarctic Division
Source Person:
Brolsma
Source Publisher:
Australian Antarctic Division
Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:
Official
Date approved:
24-Nov-1987

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