Beckmann Fjord
| Beckmann Fjord | ||
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| Waters | Bay of Isles | |
| Land mass | South Georgia | |
| Geographical location | 54 ° 3 '52 " S , 37 ° 11' 28" W | |
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| Tributaries | Austin Glacier | |
The Beckmann Fjord is a small bay on the north coast of South Georgia . It is located immediately east of Bellingshausen Point on the east side of the Bay of Isles .
Robert Cushman Murphy mapped them during his visit to South Georgia (1912–1913) aboard the brig Daisy . He named it after the Norwegian Ludvik Beckmann (1884-1912) from Horten , harpooner on the whaler Don Ernesto , who died in an accident in December 1912 and was buried in South Georgia.
Web links
- Beckmann Fjord in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Beckmann Fjord on geographic.org (English)