Dogs Leg Fjord
| Dogs Leg Fjord | ||
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| Waters | Bourgeois Fjord | |
| Land mass | Grahamland , Antarctic Peninsula | |
| Geographical location | 67 ° 42 '58 " S , 66 ° 51' 58" W | |
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| width | Max. 2.5 km | |
| length | approx. 10 km | |
| Islands | Islotes San Felipe | |
| Tributaries | Marwodol glacier | |
The Dogs Leg Fjord (from English dog leg ' dog leg ' ) is a 10 km long and up to 2.5 km wide fjord on the Fallières coast of Graham Land on the Antarctic Peninsula . It lies north of the Da Forno Peninsula and merges into the Bourgeois Fjord east of Ridge Island . Its entrance is limited to the north by the Bottrill Head .
He was discovered during the British Graham Land Expedition (1934-1937) under the direction of the Australian polar explorer John Rymill . It is named descriptively after its shape.
Web links
- Dogs Leg Fjord in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Dogs Leg Fjord on geographic.org (English)