SCAR Composite Gazetteer

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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Place ID: 15012
Name 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:

Tryne Fjord (Russia)
Tryne Fjord (United States of America)

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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