Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)
Collated by Programma Nazionale di Ricerche in Antartide (Italy)
in the framework of the SCAR Standing Committee on Antarctic Geographic Information (SCAGI)
Admiralty Bay (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Admiralty Bay (The name as it would appear on a map)
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Feature type: Bay
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:
S coast of King George Island, between Demay Point and Martins Head, was roughly charted by Powell in 1820-22 and named after the Board of Admiralty (Powell, chart 1822a; BA chart 1238, 1844; APC, 1955, p.4). Georges Bay, King Georges Habour [sic], King Georges Harber [sic], possibly referring to this feature (Pendleton, 1821-23). Baie Admiralty (d'Urville, 1838, map following p.1170). Bah
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Location
Latitude:
62° 06' 25.0" S
-62.10694°
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Longitude:
58° 25' 17.1" W
-58.42142°
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Altitude:
Not recorded
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Remote sensing:
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