Tryne Bay

Tryne Bay (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Tryne Bay  (The name as it would appear on a map)

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Place ID: 15010
Name ID: 91

Feature type: Bay

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

An open bay at the northern end of the Vestfold Hills. Plotted from air photographs taken by the Lars Christensen expedition (1936-37) and called Trynevika (The Snout Bay). A landing was made on the mainland on 9 January, 1939, from the Wyatt Earp by Sir Hubert Wilkins, who accompanied Lincoln Ellsworth on his expedition.

Named For

Named after E.A. Trigwell, radio supervisor at Davis, 1958.

Location

Latitude:
68° 24' 00.0" S
-68.40000°
Accurate to 30m
Longitude:
78° 28' 00.1" E
78.46669°
Accurate to 30m
Altitude:
0 m
Unknown precision

Images


©Belinda Reynolds 2009
Catalogue id
IA22024
Caption
Tryne Bay, Vestfold Hills. Taken from helicopter at height of 2000 feet. Looking Southeast.
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:
4-Sep-1956

Related information

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