The Ingrid Christensen Coast is that portion of the coast of Antarctica lying between Jennings Promontory , in 72°33′E, and the western end of the West Ice Shelf in 81°24′E. It is located in the western half of Princess Elizabeth Land , just east of the Amery Ice Shelf .
8-642: The coast was discovered and a landing made on the Vestfold Hills on February 20, 1935, by Captain Klarius Mikkelsen in the Tórshavn , a vessel owned by Norwegian whaling magnate Lars Christensen . It was named for Ingrid Christensen , wife of Lars, who sailed in Antarctic waters with her husband, and was one of the first women to visit Antarctica. The southwestern portion of this coast
16-547: A large lake, Lake Burton , as well as the smaller Krok Lake and Camp Lake . The Vestfold Hills were discovered, and a landing was made in the northern portion, on February 20, 1935, by Captain Klarius Mikkelsen together with his wife and seven crew members (including the ship's dentist, Lief Sørsdal) of the Norwegian whaling ship "Thorshavn" sent out by Lars Christensen . Caroline Mikkelsen , thereby became
24-477: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Vestfold Hills The Vestfold Hills are rounded, rocky, coastal hills, 512 square kilometres (198 sq mi) in extent, on the north side of Sorsdal Glacier on the Ingrid Christensen Coast of Princess Elizabeth Land , Antarctica. The hills are subdivided by three west-trending peninsulas bounded by narrow fjords. Most of
32-573: The first woman to set foot on the Antarctic continent. The Vestfold Hills are named after Vestfold , a county in Norway where Sandefjord , headquarters of the whaling industry, is located. This hill area and its off-lying islands were mapped from air photos taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition (1936–37). Further brief landings were made by Lincoln Ellsworth and several claims were made by Hubert Wilkins in 1939. The area
40-406: The hills range between 30 and 90 metres (98 and 300 ft) in height, with the highest summit reaching nearly 160 metres (520 ft). The Vestfold Hills are largely snow- and ice-free and are thus classified as an Antarctic oasis . They contain a great variety of lake systems with over 300 lakes and ponds including what is possibly the largest concentration of meromictic (stratified) lakes in
48-533: The world. This region contains 37 permanently stratified water bodies, including six marine basins and seven seasonally isolated marine basins (SIMBs). These stratified basins also have great variety. They range in salinity from 4 g L to 235 g L , in temperature from −14 to 24 °C (6.8 to 75 °F), in depth from 5 to 110 metres (16 to 361 ft), in area from 3.6 to 146 hectares (8.9 to 360.8 acres) and surface level from 30 metres (98 ft) below to 29 metres (95 ft) above sea level. The region contains
56-490: Was discovered and photographed from the air by U.S. Navy Operation Highjump in March 1947. [REDACTED] This article incorporates public domain material from "Ingrid Christensen Coast" . Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey . 69°30′S 77°0′E / 69.500°S 77.000°E / -69.500; 77.000 This Princess Elizabeth Land location article
64-744: Was photographed from the air by USN Operation Highjump (1946–47). Landings were made and exploration carried out in 1954 and 1955 by ANARE ( Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions ) led by Phillip Law . Davis Station was established by ANARE in January 1957. 68°33′S 78°15′E / 68.550°S 78.250°E / -68.550; 78.250 [REDACTED] This article incorporates public domain material from "Vestfold Hills" . Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey . [REDACTED] Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions Too Many Requests If you report this error to
#301698