Breidnes Peninsula
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Breidnes Peninsula is a rocky peninsula, 13 miles (20.9 km) long and 5 miles (8 km) wide, between Ellis Fjord
and Langnes Fjord
in the Vestfold Hills
. It was mapped by Norwegian cartographers from air photos taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition (1936–37) and named Breidneset (the "broad promontory
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Ellis Fjord
Ellis Fjord is a long narrow fjord between Breidnes Peninsula and Mule Peninsula in the Vestfold Hills. Photographed by the Lars Christensen Expedition , and plotted by Norwegian cartographers as a bay and a remnant lake which were called Mulvik and Langevatnet respectively. Analysis by John...
and Langnes Fjord
Langnes Fjord
Langnes Fjord is a narrow fjord, 10 nautical miles long, between Langnes Peninsula and Breidnes Peninsula in the Vestfold Hills. Mapped from air photos by the Lars Christensen Expedition and named after Langnes Peninsula. John Roscoe's 1952 study of air photos taken by U.S...
in the Vestfold Hills
Vestfold Hills
Vestfold Hills is an area of rounded rock coastal hills, in extent, located at the north side of Sorsdal Glacier on Ingrid Christensen Coast in Antarctica. The hills are subdivided by three west-trending peninsulas bounded by narrow fjords...
. It was mapped by Norwegian cartographers from air photos taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition (1936–37) and named Breidneset (the "broad promontory
Promontory
Promontory may refer to:*Promontory, a prominent mass of land which overlooks lower lying land or a body of water*Promontory, Utah, the location where the United States first Transcontinental Railroad was completed...
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