Tryne Sound
| Tryne Sound | ||
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| Connects waters | Trynevika | |
| with water | Tryne Fjord | |
| Separates land mass | Langnes Peninsula | |
| of land mass | Trynøyane | |
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| Geographical location | 68 ° 25 ′ 0 ″ S , 78 ° 25 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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The Tryne Sound (Norwegian for Schnauzensund ) is a short and narrow passage on the coast of the East Antarctic Princess Elisabeth Land . The sound connects the Trynevika Bay with the Tryne Fjord on the north side of the Langnes Peninsula .
Norwegian cartographers, who also named it, mapped it using aerial photos taken during the Lars Christensen expedition in 1936/37 .
Web links
- Tryne sound in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Tryne Sound on geographic.org (English)