Name details

CCAMLR Area 48

CCAMLR Area 48 (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

CCAMLR Area 48  (The name as it would appear on a map)

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Informal Antarctic/sub-Antarctic Gazetteer Id 50054

Feature type: Sea

Origin

This name originates from . It is part of the Informal Antarctic/sub-Antarctic Gazetteer.

Narrative

The waters bounded by a line starting at 50?S, 50?W; thence due east to 30?E longitude; thence due south to the Antarctic Continent; thence westwards along the coast of the Antarctic Continent, the Weddell Sea and the Antarctic Peninsula to 70?W longitude, where the meridian meets the coast of Ellesworth land; thence north across George VI Sound and due north to 60?S latitude; thence due east to 50?W longitude; thence due north to the starting point.

Area surrounding Antarctic peninsula.

Named For

Area surrounding Antarctic peninsula.

Location

Latitude:
60° 00' 00.0" S
-60.00000°
Unknown precision
Longitude:
40° 00' 00.0" W
-40.00000°
Unknown precision
Altitude:
Not recorded
Unknown precision

Images

Map

Source

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

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:
Unknown
Date approved:
Unknown

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