Name details

Crooked Fjord

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

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

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Australian Antarctic Gazetteer Id 429

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

Crooked Fjord is a marine inlet extending from Omega Cove to the western extent of Mule Peninsula, a length of about 11km long. It lies between the Sørsdal Glacier and Mule Peninsula, in the southern part of the Vestfold Hills.

Named For

Plotted from air photographs taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition (1936-37) and called Krokfjorden (The Crooked Fjord) by Norwegian cartographers.

Location

Latitude:
68° 39' 18.0" S
-68.65500°
Accurate to 30m
Longitude:
78° 03' 09.0" E
78.05250°
Accurate to 30m
Altitude:
0 m
Unknown precision

Images


©Belinda Reynolds 2009
Catalogue id
IA21874
Caption
Crooked Fjord, Vestfold Hills. Taken from helicopter at height of 2500 feet. Looking East.
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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