Lallemand Fjord
| Lallemand Fjord | ||
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| Waters | Crystal sound | |
| Land mass | Grahamland , Antarctic Peninsula | |
| Geographical location | 67 ° 5 ′ S , 66 ° 45 ′ W | |
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| width | Max. 14.5 km | |
| depth | approx. 48 km | |
| Islands | Andresen Island , Hoodwink Island | |
| Tributaries | Dabrawa Glacier , Field Glacier , Finsterwalder Glacier , Haefeli Glacier , Klebelsberg Glacier , Müller Ice Shelf , Saussure Glacier , Wilkinson Glacier | |
The Lallemand Fjord is a fjord in Antarctica with a north-south orientation.
geography
The fjord is located between the Arrowsmith Peninsula and the Pernik Peninsula on the Loubet Coast in western Graham Land . Its entrance is formed by Holdfast Point and Roux Island . It is fed by glaciers that flow westward from the Grahamland plateau, including the Haefeli Glacier , Finsterwalder Glacier, and Sharp Glacier . The fjord ends after a distance of around 48 km in Crystal Sound near Detaille Island .
history
The Lallemand Fjord was discovered during the Fifth French Antarctic Expedition (1908–1910) under the direction of Jean-Baptiste Charcot . It is named after the French geodesist Charles Lallemand (1857–1938), member of the Bureau des Longitudes and the scientific commission of the expedition.
On Detaille Island, at the mouth of the fjord in Crystal Sound, are the buildings of the British research station “W”, which was abandoned in 1959 and was built in 1956 as part of the International Geophysical Year , but had to be abandoned in 1959 due to supply difficulties. It is considered a monument to the research and living conditions in the Antarctic at the end of the 1950s. From time to time the Detaille Island and the station are visited by cruise ships.
See also
Web links
- Lallemand Fjord in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Lallemand Fjord on geographic.org (English)
- Report on observation of fauna in the fjord (English)