Johnston Fjord
| Johnston Fjord | ||
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| Waters | Prydz Bay | |
| Land mass | Princess Elisabeth Land , East Antarctica | |
| Geographical location | 69 ° 24 '30 " S , 76 ° 4' 30" E | |
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The Johnston Fjord is a fjord with almost vertical rock walls on the Ingrid Christensen coast of the East Antarctic Princess Elisabeth Land . It is located west of the Stornes peninsula in the Larsemann Hills .
The Antarctic Names Committee of Australia named it in 1988 after Douglas Johnston of the Royal Australian Air Force , who made the first landing in the Larsemann Hills on August 12, 1957 with a de Havilland Beaver .
Web links
- Johnston Fjord in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English)
- Geological map of the Stornes Peninsula (PDF) at the Australian Antarctic Data Center (description)