Ellis Rapids
Coordinates: 68 ° 36 ' S , 78 ° 14' E
| Ellis Rapids | ||
| location | Mule Peninsula , Vestfold Mountains , Ingrid Christensen Coast , Princess Elisabeth Land , East Antarctica | |
| River system | Ellis Rapids | |
| origin | Lake Druzhby | |
| Source height | 8 m | |
| muzzle | in the Ellis Fjord
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| Navigable | No | |
The Ellis Rapids are a fast flowing meltwater river on the Ingrid-Christensen coast of the East Antarctic Princess Elisabeth Land during the Antarctic summer months . On the Mule Peninsula, it flows to the head of the Ellis Fjord .
The Antarctic Names Committee of Australia named it after the fjord of the same name. Its namesake is the American photographer Edwin E. Ellis (* 1924), who was responsible for the aerial photographs of Operation Highjump (1946–1947).
See also
literature
- John Stewart: Antarctica - An Encyclopedia . Vol. 1, McFarland & Co., Jefferson and London 2011, ISBN 978-0-7864-3590-6 , p. 491 (English)
Web links
- Ellis Rapids in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Map 12890: Vestfold Hills (PDF, 18.8 MB) in the Map Catalog of the Australian Antarctic Data Center, accessed on April 27, 2020