Ezcurra Fjord
| Ezcurra Fjord | ||
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 View from Point Thomas over the Ezcurra Fjord with Dufayel Island |
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| Waters | Admiralty Bay , Bransfield Street | |
| Land mass | King George Island , South Shetland Islands | |
| Geographical location | 62 ° 9 ′ 45 ″ S , 58 ° 32 ′ 8 ″ W | |
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| Islands | Dufayel Island | |
| Tributaries | Emerald ice falls , Ladies Icefall , Urbanek icefall | |
The Ezcurra Fjord ( French Fiord Ezcurra ; English Ezcurra Inlet ) is a bay on the south coast of King George Island in the South Shetland Islands . It forms the western branch of Admiralty Bay .
It was mapped in December 1909 during the Fifth French Antarctic Expedition (1908–1910) under the direction of polar explorer Jean-Baptiste Charcot . This named it after the Argentine politician Pedro de Ezcurra (1859-1911), Minister of Agriculture of his country in 1908, who helped the French research trip.
Web links
- Ezcurra Inlet in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Ezcurra Inlet on geographic.org (English)