Krok Fjord
| Krok Fjord | ||
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| Waters | Cooperation lake | |
| Land mass | Princess Elisabeth Land | |
| Geographical location | 68 ° 40 ′ S , 78 ° 0 ′ E | |
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| length | 17.5 km | |
| Islands | Pintado Island | |
The Krok Fjord ( Norwegian Krokfjorden , Krumme Fjord ' in Australia Crooked Fjord ) is a 17.5 km (after the Australian information 22 km) long, narrow and curving fjord on the Ingrid Christensen Coast of the East Antarctic Princess Elisabeth Lands . It lies between the Mule peninsula and the tongue of the Sørsdal glacier at the southern end of the Vestfold Mountains .
Norwegian cartographers, who also named it, mapped it using aerial photos taken during the Lars Christensen expedition in 1936/37 .
Web links
- Krok Fjord in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Krok Fjord on geographic.org (English)
- Map of the specially protected area ASPA # 143 "Marine Plain" (PDF) at the Australian Antarctic Data Center (description)