Clarke Bay (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Clarke Bay (The name as it would appear on a map)
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Feature type: Bay (3)
This name originates from United Kingdom. It is part of the Gazetteer of the British Antarctic Territory and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.
Names that other countries have for this feature:
Bay south of Cape Fiske, on the eastern side of Smith Peninsula, Lassiter Coast. The bay is approximately 10km wide, bordered on its western side by an unnamed glacier and usually occupied by semi-permanent fast ice. Found to support a colony of emperor penguins (Aptenodytes forsteri) in 2008. Named after Prof Andrew C. Clarke; Polar Medal; Honorary Professor, University of St Andrews and University of East Anglia; Senior Research Ecologist, British Antarctic Survey (BAS) 2000-2009; Head of Marine Life Sciences Division (BAS), 1988-1999; Chairman, Scientific Steering Committee, SCAR (Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research) EASIZ (Ecology of the Antarctic Sea-Ice Zone) programme, 1994-2004; Scientific Steering Committee, Palmer Long Term Ecological Research Programme (NSF), 1997 to date.(APC 2009).
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