Lützow-Holm Bay

Lützow-Holm Bay
Location of Lützow-Holm Bay in Queen Maud Land
Antarctica

Lützow-Holm Bay is a large bay, about 220 kilometres (120 nmi) wide, indenting the coast of Queen Maud Land in Antarctica between Riiser-Larsen Peninsula and the coastal angle immediately east of the Flatvaer Islands. It was discovered by Captain Hjalmar Riiser-Larsen in two airplane flights from his expedition vessel, the Norvegia, on February 21 and 23, 1931. The name honours Commander Finn Lützow-Holm of the Royal Norwegian Navy Air Service, a pilot for Captain Riiser-Larsen on the Aagaard in 1935.[1]

Named features

Several features in and around Lützow-Holm Bay have been charted and named by various expeditions and survey groups, particularly a number of smaller bays indenting its shores. Unless otherwise specified, the following features were mapped by Norwegian cartographers from air photos taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition, 1936–37.

Hamna Bay is a sheltered bay that indents the west side of the Langhovde Hills on the east side of Lützow-Holm Bay. The name Hamna means "the harbor".[2] Its southern shore is a bare rock headland called Hamnenabben Head. Hamnenabben means "the harbor crag". The Systerflesene Islands lie west of Hamnenabben Head.[3]

Fletta Bay is a smaller bay which indents the southwest shore of Lützow-Holm Bay. Innhovde Point is a lone bare rock point within it. The name Fletta means "the braid", and Innhovde means "inner knoll".[4][5]

The narrow southernmost, or "bottom," portion of Lützow-Holm Bay is another smaller bay, called Havsbotn, which means "sea bottom".[6] On its eastern shore, the Ystekleppane Rocks protrude through the ice. Their name means "the outermost lumps".[7] Along the east side of Havsbotn is Insteodden Point, a rock point whose name means "the innermost point".[8]

Rundvåg Bay is a rounded embayment, the south part of which is occupied by a glacier tongue, indenting the southeast shore of Lutzow-Holm Bay. They are just west of the Rundvågs Hills, a group of bare rock hills. The headland Rundvågs Head rises to 160 metres (520 ft) at the southwest margin of the bay. Both the Hills and the Head are named for their association to the Rundvåg Bay, Rundvåg meaning "round bay".[9][10][11] 3 nautical miles (5.6 km) southwest of Rundvågs Head sits Vesleknausen Rock, 110 metres (360 ft) high. Vesleknausen means "the tiny crag".[12] One nautical mile (1.9 km) southwest sits Strandnebba, a low series of bare rock hills that extends along the south shore of Lutzow-Holm Bay for 1.5 mi (2.4 km). Strandnebba means "the shore beak".[13]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Lützow-Holm Bay". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2018-08-19.
  2. ↑ "Hamna Bay". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2018-08-19.
  3. ↑ "Hamnenabben Head". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2018-08-19.
  4. ↑ "Fletta Bay". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2018-08-19.
  5. ↑ "Innhovde Point". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2018-08-19.
  6. ↑ "Havsbotn". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2012-05-31.
  7. ↑ "Ystekleppane Rocks". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2018-08-19.
  8. ↑ "Insteodden Point". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2012-07-08.
  9. ↑ "Rundvåg Bay". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2018-08-19.
  10. ↑ "Rundvågs Hills". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2018-08-19.
  11. ↑ "Rundvågs Head". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2018-08-19.
  12. ↑ "Vesleknausen Rock". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2018-08-19.
  13. ↑ "Strandnebba". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2018-08-19.

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Coordinates: 69°10′S 37°30′E / 69.167°S 37.500°E / -69.167; 37.500

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