Ellis Fjord

Ellis Fjord (

68°36′S 78°5′E / 68.600°S 78.083°E / -68.600; 78.083Coordinates: 68°36′S 78°5′E / 68.600°S 78.083°E / -68.600; 78.083) is a long narrow fjord between Breidnes Peninsula and Mule Peninsula in the Vestfold Hills of Antarctica. It was photographed by the Lars Christensen Expedition (1936–37), and plotted by Norwegian cartographers as a bay and a remnant lake which were called "Mulvik" (snout bay) and "Langevatnet" (long lake) respectively. Analysis by of air photos taken by U.S. Navy Operation Highjump (1946–47) showed these two features to be connected. The feature was renamed Ellis Fjord by Roscoe after Edwin E. Ellis, aerial photographer on U.S. Navy Operation Highjump flights over this area.^[1]

Further reading[]

• J Grey, J Laybourn-Parry, RJG Leakey, and A McMinn, Temporal patterns of protozooplankton abundance and their food in Ellis Fjord, Princess Elizabeth Land, Eastern Antarctica, stuar. Coast. Shelf Sci.], vol. 45, no. 1, pp. 17–25, Jul 1997
• McMinn A, Heijnisj H, Harle K, McOrist G., Late-Holocene climatic change recorded in sediment cores from Ellis Fjord, eastern Antarctica, The Holocene. 2001;11(3):291-300. https://doi.org/10.1191/095968301671577682
• McMinn, A., Gibson, J., Hodgson, D. et al., Nutrient limitation in Ellis Fjord, eastern Antarctica, Polar Biol 15, 269–276 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00239847
• Kirkwood, J.M., Burton, H.R., Macrobenthic species assemblages in Ellis Fjord, Vestfold Hills, Antarctica, Mar. Biol. 97, 445–457 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00397776
• McMinn, Andrew; Heijnisj, Henk; Harle, Kate; McOrist, Gordon;, Late-Holocene climatic change recorded in sediment cores from Ellis Fjord, eastern Antarctica [2001], Holocene ISSN : 0959-6836
• A. McMinn, J. J. Bloxham & J. Whitehead (1998), Modern surface sediments and non‐deposition in Ellis Fjord, eastern Antarctica, Australian Journal of Earth Sciences, 45:4, 645–652, https://doi.org/10.1080/08120099808728419
• Gibson, J. (1999), The role of ice in determining mixing intensity in Ellis Fjord, Vestfold Hills, East Antarctica, Antarctic Science, 11(4), 419–426. https://doi.org/10.1017/S095410209900053X
• Australian Antarctic Division, Locations of samples from Organic Lake, Deep Lake and Ellis Fjord in the Vestfold Hills, Antarctica, Dataset

External links[]

• Ellis Fjord on USGS website
• Ellis Fjord on AADC website
• Ellis Fjord on SCAR website
• Ellis Fjord on marineregions.org
• Ellis Fjord area map

References[]

 This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document: "Ellis Fjord". (content from the Geographic Names Information System)