Breidnes Peninsula
| Breidnes Peninsula | ||
| Geographical location | ||
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| Coordinates | 68 ° 34 ′ S , 78 ° 10 ′ E | |
| location | Ingrid Christensen Coast , Princess Elisabeth Land , East Antarctica | |
| Waters 1 | Ellis Fjord | |
| Waters 2 | Langnes Fjord | |
| length | 21 km | |
| width | 8 kilometers | |
The Breidnes Peninsula ( Norwegian Breidneset , literally translated broad promontory ) is a rocky peninsula on the Ingrid Christensen coast of the East Antarctic Princess Elisabeth Land . It is located between Ellis Fjord and Langnes Fjord in the Vestfold Mountains .
Norwegian cartographers, who also did the descriptive naming, mapped them using aerial photographs taken during the Lars Christensen expedition in 1936/37 .
Web links
- Breidnes Peninsula in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Breidnes Peninsula on geographic.org (English)