Fridtjof-Sund
| Fridtjof-Sund | ||
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| Connects waters | Antarctic Sound | |
| with water | Erebus and Terror Golf | |
| Separates land mass | Andersson and Jonassen Islands | |
| of land mass | Tabarin Peninsula , Graham Land | |
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| Geographical location | 63 ° 34 '32 " S , 56 ° 43' 46" W | |
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The Fridtjof Sund (originally Frithiofs Sund ) is a 3 km wide strait off the northeastern extension of the Antarctic Peninsula . It runs over a length of 10 km in a north-south direction and separates the Tabarin Peninsula from the Andersson and Jonassen Islands .
Scientists from the Swedish Antarctic Expedition (1901–1903) under the direction of Otto Nordenskjöld discovered and mapped the sea route on January 15, 1902. Nordenskjöld named it after the three- master Fridtjof (or Frithiof ) who was involved in the search for the expedition, which was lost at the time .
Web links
- Fridtjof Sound in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Fridtjof Sound on geographic.org (English)