Name details

Tryne Fjord

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

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

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Australian Antarctic Gazetteer Id 427

Feature type: Fjord

Origin

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

Names that other countries have for this feature:

Narrative

An irregular-shaped inlet about 7km long, on the northern side of Long Peninsula in the northern part of the Vestfold Hills. It extends from Tryne Crossing to the point on Long Peninsula south of Barrier Island. The latter demarcating Tryne Sound from Tryne Fjord.

Named For

Mapped and named by Norwegian cartographers from air photographs taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition (1936-37).

Location

Latitude:
68° 27' 29.9" S
-68.45831°
Accurate to 25m
Longitude:
78° 22' 23.5" E
78.37319°
Accurate to 25m
Altitude:
0 m
Accurate to 5m

Images


©Nathan Saunders 2009
Catalogue id
IA22026
Caption
Tryne Fjord, Vestfold Hills. Taken from helicopter at height of 1500 feet. Looking South.
Photographer
Saunders, Nathan

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

None

Approval status

Status:
Official
Date approved:
4-Sep-1956

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