Tryne Crossing
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| Compass direction | Tryne Fjord (southwest) | Langnes Fjord (northeast) | |
| Princess Elisabeth Land , East Antarctica | |||
| Mountains | Vestfold Mountains | ||
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| Coordinates | 68 ° 30 ′ 0 ″ S , 78 ° 18 ′ 0 ″ E | ||
Tryne Crossing is a low, yet difficult to maneuver, mountain pass on the Ingrid Christensen coast of Princess Elisabeth Land in East Antarctica . On the Langnes Peninsula in the Vestfold Mountains , it runs from the southeast arm of the Tryne Fjord to the Langnes Fjord .
Norwegian cartographers mapped the area using aerial photographs from the Lars Christensen expedition in 1936/37 . Further aerial photos were taken during the US operation Highjump (1946–1947). A sled team led by the New Zealand geologist Bruce Harry Stinear (1913-2003) committed it for the first time on May 13, 1957 as part of a campaign by the Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions . The pass is named after the name of the Tryne Fjord.
Web links
- Tryne Crossing in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Tryne Crossing on geographic.org (English)