Weddell arm
| Weddell arm | ||
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| Waters | Langnes Fjord | |
| Land mass | Princess Elisabeth Land | |
| Geographical location | 68 ° 32 ′ 0 ″ S , 78 ° 7 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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The Weddell Arm is the southernmost and westernmost branch of the Langnes Fjord in the Vestfold Mountains on the Ingrid Christensen coast of the East Antarctic Princess Elisabeth Land .
Norwegian cartographers mapped it using aerial photographs taken during the Lars Christensen Expedition in 1936/37 . In 1955 and 1957 teams visited him as part of the Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions . It is named after the large number of Weddell seals that populate the banks of the fjord .
Web links
- Weddell arm in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Weddell Arm on geographic.org (English)