Briand Fjord
| Briand Fjord | ||
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| Waters | Bay of Flanders | |
| Land mass | Grahamland , Antarctic Peninsula | |
| Geographical location | 65 ° 2 ′ 7 ″ S , 63 ° 1 ′ 21 ″ W | |
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| length | 5 km | |
| Tributaries | Bolton Glacier | |
The Briand Fjord ( French Baie Briand ) is a 5 km deep bay in the northeastern part of the Bay of Flanders on the Danco coast of Graham Land on the Antarctic Peninsula .
Participants in the Fifth French Antarctic Expedition (1908-1910) under the direction of Jean-Baptiste Charcot mapped him. Charcot named the fjord after the French politician Aristide Briand (1862-1932), multiple prime minister of his home country.
Web links
- Briand Fjord in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Briand Fjord on geographic.org (English)