5-651: The Brockhamp Islands are two small islands in Laubeuf Fjord , lying 6 kilometres (3 nmi) southwest of Mothes Point , Adelaide Island . They were mapped by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) from Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition air photos, 1947–48, and FIDS surveys, 1948–50. They were named by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee for Bernhard Brockhamp , a German glaciologist who, with H. Mothes , made
10-703: A bit further south. Still further south are the smaller Webb Island and Pinero Island . There are also various very small, mostly rocky islets, such as the Brockhamp Islands , Covey Rocks , Quilp Rock and Killingbeck Island . Several large glaciers calve into Laubeuf Fjord. From the Arrowsmith Peninsula these are the Ward Glacier , the Vallot Glacier and the Nye Glacier . From Adelaide Island comes
15-417: A north-south direction and averaging 16 km (10 mi) wide, lying between the east-central portion of Adelaide Island and the southern part of Arrowsmith Peninsula , Graham Land . It connects Hanusse Bay to the north with Marguerite Bay to the south. The southern 'border' between Laubeuf Fjord and Marguerite Bay is formed by the line between Rothera Point , Adelaide Island, and Cape Sáenz , which
20-604: Is the southernmost point of the Arrowsmith Peninsula. The fjord was discovered by the French Antarctic Expedition , 1908–10, under Jean-Baptiste Charcot , and named by him for Maxime Laubeuf , a French marine engineer who supervised building the engine for the ship Pourquoi-Pas . There are several islands in Laubeuf Fjord. The largest and northernmost of these is Day Island , followed by Wyatt Island
25-556: The first seismic soundings of a glacier, in Austria in 1926. [REDACTED] This article incorporates public domain material from "Brockhamp Islands" . Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey . This Adelaide Island location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Laubeuf Fjord Laubeuf Fjord is a sound in Antarctica , 40 kilometres (25 miles) long in
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