Name details

Clarke Bay

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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Gazetteer of the British Antarctic Territory Id 136793

Feature type: Bay (3)

Origin

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:

Narrative

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).

Named For

Location

Latitude:
74° 22' 00.0" S
-74.36667°
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Longitude:
61° 00' 00.0" W
-61.00000°
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Altitude:
Not recorded
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Images

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Map

Source

Location Method:
Unknown
Source Name:
GBR
Source Identifier:
Source Scale:
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Source Institution:
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Source Person:
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Source Publisher:
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Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

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Approval status

Status:
Unknown
Date approved:
17-Apr-2009

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