Name details

Fridtjof Sound

Fridtjof Sound (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Fridtjof Sound  (The name as it would appear on a map)

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Gazetteer of the British Antarctic Territory Id 108921

Feature type: Sound

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

running N-S between Tabarin Peninsula to the W, and Jonassen Island and Andersson Island to the E, was charted by SwAE, 15 January 1902, and named Frithiofs [sic] Sund after the Norwegian whaling ship Fridtjof (Kapt. Olof Gyldén) which was to have co-operated with Uruguay (Uruguay Cove, q.v.) in the relief of the expedition but arrived too late (Nordenskjöld and others, 1904b, Vol. 2, first end map). Détroit de Fritjof [sic] (Nordenskjöld and others, 1904c, map p.232-33). Frithiof [sic] Sound (Nordenskjöld and others, 1905, map facing p.316). Frithiof [sic] Sund (K. Andersson, 1905, Karte 1 following p.58). Seno Fritmof [sic] (Riso Patron S., 1908, end map). Détroit de Frithjof [sic] (Charcot, 1912, Pl.1). Frithjof [sic] Sound (BA, 1916, p.402). Fridtjof Sound (BA chart 3205, 31.x.1921; APC, 1955, p.10; BAS 250 sheet SP 21-22/14 (Ext.), 1-DOS 1973). Fridtjof S. (HA chart, 1928). Fridjofs [sic] Sund (Aagaard, 1930, end map). Fridfjof [sic] Sound (Ellsworth, 1938, p.278). The sound was surveyed by FIDS from "Hope Bay", 1945-47. Paso Fridtjof (Chile. DNH chart L, 1947; IHA, 1974, p.130). Tridtjof [sic] Sound (BA, 1948, p.182). Estrecho Fridtjof (Argentina. MM chart 103, 1949; Pierrou, 1970, p.377). Détroit de Fridtjof, Fritjof [sic] Channel (James, 1949, p.53; 1952, map following p.264). Fridtjof (Argentina. MM, 1953, p.313). Estrecho Fridfjof [sic] (Argentina. MM chart FI, 1954). Fridjof [sic] Sound, Détroit du Frithjof, as rejected forms (USBGN, 1956, p.135). Proliv Frit'of (Soviet Union. MMF chart, 1961). Fridtjog [sic] Sound (USHO, 1963, p.323). [Nansen Reef, South Georgia, is also named after this ship (Hattersely-Smith, 1980b, p.62).]

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Location

Latitude:
63° 35' 00.0" S
-63.58333°
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Longitude:
56° 43' 00.0" W
-56.71667°
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Altitude:
Not recorded
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Map

Source

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Source Institution:
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Source Person:
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Source Publisher:
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Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:
Unknown
Date approved:
8-Sep-1953

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