Name details

West Bay

West Bay (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

West Bay (The name as it would appear on a map)

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Australian Antarctic Gazetteer Id 57

Feature type: Bay

Origin

This name originates from Australia. It is part of the Australian Antarctic Gazetteer.

Narrative

The bay on the south west side of the isthmus joining Laurens Peninsula to the main part of Heard Island. The name appears on Challenger's chart.

Named For

Location

Latitude:

53° 01' 32.9" S

-53.02581°

Accurate to 50m

Longitude:

73° 21' 53.6" E

73.36489°

Accurate to 50m

Altitude:

0 m

Unknown precision

Images

©AAD, Copyright Commonwealth of Australia 1985

Catalogue id: 1890C1
Caption: West Bay Beach looking towards Aubert De La Rue
Photographer: Hitchman, Adrian

Map

Source

Location Method:

Satellite Image

Source Name:

World View 23/3/2008 Satellite Cat ID 1958

Source Identifier:

Satellite Cat ID 1958

Source Scale:

1:5000

Source Institution:

Australian Antarctic Division

Source Person:

Brolsma

Source Publisher:

Worldview

Remote sensing:

World View 23/3/2008 Satellite Cat ID 1958

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:

Official

Date approved:

21-Oct-1952

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Aus_display_scale_250k:	No	Aus_display_scale_100k:	Yes
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