Tierney River
Coordinates: 68 ° 36 ' S , 78 ° 22' E
| Tierney River | ||
| location | Vestfold Mountains , Ingrid Christensen Coast , Princess Elisabeth Land , East Antarctica | |
| River system | Ellis Rapids | |
| Drain over | Ellis Rapids → Ellis Fjord | |
| origin | Krok Lake | |
| Source height | 22 m | |
| muzzle | into Lake Druzhby | |
| Mouth height | 8 m | |
| Height difference | 14 m
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| Navigable | No | |
The Tierney River is a seasonal water-bearing river in the Vestfold Mountains on the Ingrid Christensen coast of the East Antarctic Princess Elisabeth Land . It connects Krok Lake with Lake Druzhby .
The Antarctic Names Committee of Australia named it after the medic Trevor Tierney of the Australian Antarctic Division , who first described it.
See also
literature
- John Stewart: Antarctica - An Encyclopedia . Vol. 2, McFarland & Co., Jefferson and London 2011, ISBN 978-0-7864-3590-6 , p. 1571 (English)
Web links
- Tierney 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