Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)
Collated by Programma Nazionale di Ricerche in Antartide (Italy)
in the framework of the SCAR Standing Committee on Antarctic Geographic Information (SCAGI)
Johnston Fjord (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Johnston Fjord (The name as it would appear on a map)
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Feature type: Fjord
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:
A fjord on the western side of Stornes Peninsula in the Larsemann Hills. It has steep, almost vertical walls.
Named after Flt. Lt. Douglas Johnston, RAAF, Mawson 1957, who made the first aircraft landing in the Larsemann Hills in a de Havilland Beaver on 12 August 1957.
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