Name details

Clemence Fjord

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

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

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Australian Antarctic Gazetteer Id 425

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, extending NW-SE between Fisher Island and Lied Promontory in the Larsemann Hills. Plotted from air photographs taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition 1936-37 and called Broknesdalen (the Broken Cape Valley).

Named For

Named after Sqd Ldr Peter Clemence, Officer commanding the RAAF Flight at Mawson in 1957, who made landings in the Larsemann Hills in support of the field party there.

Location

Latitude:
69° 23' 30.0" S
-69.39167°
Accurate to 25m
Longitude:
76° 17' 00.0" E
76.28333°
Accurate to 25m
Altitude:
Not recorded
Unknown precision

Images


©Adam Christensen 2009
Catalogue id
IA21764
Caption
Clemence Fjord, Larsemann Hills. Taken from helicopter at height of 1000 feet. Looking Southwest.
Photographer
Christensen, Adam

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:
29-Sep-1988

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