Thala Fjord
| Thala Fjord | ||
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| Waters | Prydz Bay | |
| Land mass | Princess Elisabeth Land , East Antarctica | |
| Geographical location | 69 ° 25 '20 " S , 76 ° 9' 36" O | |
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The Thala Fjord is a fjord on the Ingrid Christensen coast of the East Antarctic Princess Elisabeth Land . It is located east of the Stornes peninsula in the Larsemann Hills .
Norwegian cartographers mapped it on the basis of aerial photographs of the Lars Christensen Expedition in 1936/37 and named it as pollen ( Norwegian for deep bay ). The Antarctic Names Committee of Australia named it after the research vessel MV Thala Dan , which first sailed the fjord in 1957.
Web links
- Thala Fjord in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English)
- Map of the ASMA-6 "Larsemann Hills" Special Administrative Region (PDF) at the Australian Antarctic Data Center (description)