SCAR Composite Gazetteer

Snezhnyy Bay

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

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

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Place ID: 13571
Name ID: 136

Feature type: Bay

Origin

This name originates from Australia. It is part of the Australian Antarctic Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.

Names that other countries have for this feature:

Snezhnyj, zaliv (Russia)

Narrative

A bay with a very narrow entrance in the northern part of the Vestfold Hills. Photographed by USN Operation Highjump (1946-47), the Soviet Antarctic Expedition in 1956 and ANARE in 1957 and 1958.

Named For

Named Zaliv Snezhnyy (Snowy Bay or Bight) by the Soviet Expedition.

Location

Latitude:

68° 26' 20.8" S

-68.43911°

Accurate to 30m

Longitude:

78° 26' 35.5" E

78.44319°

Accurate to 30m

Altitude:

0 m

Unknown precision

Images

©Nathan Saunders 2009

Catalogue id: IA21993
Caption: Snezhnyy Bay, Vestfold Hills. Taken from helicopter at height of 1500 feet. Looking South.
Photographer: Saunders, Nathan

Map

Source

Location Method:

Topographic data

Source Name:

Vestfold Hills Topographic GIS Dataset

Source Identifier:

vest_hills_gis

Source Scale:

1:5000

Source Institution:

Australian Antarctic Division

Source Person:

Brolsma

Source Publisher:

Australian Antarctic Division

Remote sensing:

Not Applicable

Comments

Metadata for coordinates and origin of topographic data.

Approval status

Status:

Official

Date approved:

27-Nov-1973

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