Lallemand Fjord

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

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

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Place ID: 8035
Name ID: 109704

Feature type: Fjord

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

between Roux Island and Holdfast Point, Loubet Coast, was charted near its entrance by FAE, 1908-10, in January 1909 and named Fiord Lallemand, after Charles Lallemand (1857-1938), a member of the Commission des Travaux Scientifiques for the expedition (Charcot, 1912, Pl.1). Lallemand Fd. (BA chart 3175, 9.x.1914). Lallemand Bay (Rymill, 1938a, map facing p.496). Lallemand Fiord (BA chart 3175, 1.iii.1940). Lallemand Fjord (USAAF chart [LR-74], 1942; DCS 601 sheet 67 66, 1954; APC, 1955, p.13; BA chart 3571, 14.vii.1961). Bahía de Lallemand (Rymill and others, 1943, map facing p.272). Bahía Laferrand [sic] (Vila Labra, 1947, map facing p.200). Bahía Lallemand (Chile. DNH chart LII, 1947; Pierrou, 1970, p.464). Lattemand [sic] Bay, as rejected form (USBGN, 1951, p.30). The fjord was photographed from the air by FIDASE and surveyed from the ground by FIDS from "Detaille Island", 1956-57. Baia Lallemand (Zavatti, 1958, Tav. 9). Lalman-F'ord (Soviet Union. MMF chart, 1961). Seno Lallemand (Chile. DNH, 1962, p.184; IHA, 1974, p.175). Lal'man-F'yord (Soviet Union. AA, 1966, Pl.24).

Named For

Location

Latitude:
67° 05' 00.0" S
-67.08333°
Unknown precision
Longitude:
66° 43' 00.0" W
-66.71667°
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Altitude:
Not recorded
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Images

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Map

Source

Location Method:
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Source Name:
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Source Identifier:
Source Scale:
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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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