Ellis Fjord

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

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

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Place ID: 4197
Name ID: 124783

Feature type: Fjord (3)

Origin

This name originates from United States of America. It is part of the United States Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.

Names that other countries have for this feature:

Narrative

A long narrow fjord between Breidnes Peninsula and Mule Peninsula in the Vestfold Hills. Photographed by the Lars Christensen Expedition (1936-37), and plotted by Norwegian cartographers as a bay and a remnant lake which were called Mulvik (snout bay) and Langevatnet (the long lake) respectively. Analysis by John Roscoe of air photos taken by USN Operation Highjump (1946-47) showed these two features to be connected. The feature was renamed Ellis Fjord by Roscoe after Edwin E. Ellis, aerial photographer on USN Operation Highjump flights over this area.

Named For

Location

Latitude:
68° 36' 00.0" S
-68.60000°
Unknown precision
Longitude:
78° 05' 00.0" E
78.08333°
Unknown precision
Altitude:
Not recorded
Unknown precision

Images


©Nathan Saunders 2009
Catalogue id
IA21886
Caption
Ellis Fjord, Vestfold Hills. Taken from helicopter at height of 2500 feet. Looking East.
Photographer
Saunders, Nathan

Map

Source

Location Method:
Unknown
Source Name:
Unknown
Source Identifier:
Source Scale:
Unknown
Source Institution:
Unknown
Source Person:
Unknown
Source Publisher:
Unknown
Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:
Unknown
Date approved:
1-Jan-1956

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