Name details

Breid Basin

Breid Basin (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Breid Basin  (The name as it would appear on a map)

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Australian Antarctic Gazetteer Id 36

Feature type: Basin

Origin

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

Narrative

The eastern part of Long Fjord, Vestfold Hills. It is connected to the main part of the fjord by narrows and is probably less saline. Photographed by the Lars Christensen Expedition (1936-37) and mapped as a lake by Norwegian cartographers, who called it Breidvatnet (The Broad Lake). The feature was also photographed by USN Operation Highjump (1946-47), the Soviet Antarctic Expedition in 1956 and ANARE in 1957 and 1958. This part of Long Fjord has been traversed many times by ANARE parties on their way to and from the remote station Platcha.

Named For

Photographed by the Lars Christensen Expedition (1936-37) and mapped as a lake by Norwegian cartographers, who called it Breidvatnet (The Broad Lake).

Location

Latitude:
68° 29' 48.8" S
-68.49689°
Accurate to 30m
Longitude:
78° 29' 00.0" E
78.48331°
Accurate to 30m
Altitude:
0 m
Unknown precision

Images


©Belinda Reynolds 2009
Catalogue id
IA21853
Caption
Breid Basin, Vestfold Hills. Taken from helicopter at height of 1400 feet. Looking North.
Photographer
Reynolds, Belinda

Map

Source

Location Method:
Topographic data
Source Name:
Vestfold Hills Topographic GIS Dataset
Source Identifier:
vest_hills_gis
Source Scale:
1:5000
Source Institution:
Australian Antarctic Division
Source Person:
Brolsma
Source Publisher:
Australian Antarctic Division
Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

Metadata for coordinates and origin of topographic data.

Approval status

Status:
Official
Date approved:
Unknown

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