Tallow River
Coordinates: 68 ° 38 ' S , 78 ° 23' E
| Tallow River | ||
| location | Vestfold Mountains , Ingrid Christensen Coast , Princess Elisabeth Land , East Antarctica | |
| River system | Ellis Rapids | |
| Drain over | Tierney River → Ellis Rapids → Ellis Fjord | |
| origin | Sørsdal Glacier | |
| muzzle | in the Krok Lake | |
| Mouth height |
22 m
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| Flowing lakes | Tallow Lake | |
| Navigable | No | |
The Talg River is one of the larger rivers in the Vestfold Mountains on the Ingrid Christensen coast of Princess Elisabeth Land in East Antarctica . It flows from Sørsdal Glacier over Talg Falls and through Talg Gorge to Krok Lake .
The Antarctic Names Committee of Australia named it after the Arabic word tallow , which translates as ice .
See also
literature
- John Stewart: Antarctica - An Encyclopedia . Vol. 2, McFarland & Co., Jefferson and London 2011, ISBN 978-0-7864-3590-6 , p. 1540 (English)
Web links
- Talg River in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Map 12890: Vestfold Hills (PDF, 18.8 MB) in the Map Catalog of the Australian Antarctic Data Center, accessed on April 27, 2020