Name details

Briand Fjord

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

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

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Gazetteer of the British Antarctic Territory Id 107947

Feature type: Fjord

Origin

This name originates from United Kingdom. It is part of the Gazetteer of the British Antarctic Territory and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.

Names that other countries have for this feature:

Narrative

NE arm of Flandres Bay, Danco Coast, was charted by FAE, 1903-05, and named Baie Briand after Aristide Briand (1862-1932), French statesman; Minstre de l'Instruction Publique in 1906 and later Prime Minister; Nobel Laureate for Peace, 1926 (Charcot, 1906b, p.472; Matha and Rey, 1911, Pl. 3 following p.615). Briand Bay (USHO, 1943, p.135). Bah

Named For

Location

Latitude:
65° 02' 00.0" S
-65.03333°
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Longitude:
63° 02' 00.0" W
-63.03333°
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Altitude:
Not recorded
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Images

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Map

Source

Location Method:
Unknown
Source Name:
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Source Identifier:
Source Scale:
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Source Institution:
Unknown
Source Person:
Unknown
Source Publisher:
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Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:
Unknown
Date approved:
23-Sep-1960

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