Name details

Ranvik Bay

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

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

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Australian Antarctic Gazetteer Id 100

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:

Narrative

An open bay about 24 km wide, just south of the Rauer Group, off the Ingrid Christensen Coast. Discovered by Captain Klarius Mikkelsen from the Thorshavn in February, 1935, and probably named after the estate of Lars Christensen, sponsor of the expedition, situated at the head of Ranvik, a bay in Norway.

Named For

Location

Latitude:
69° 00' 00.0" S
-69.00000°
Unknown precision
Longitude:
77° 40' 00.0" E
77.66667°
Unknown precision
Altitude:
Not recorded
Unknown precision

Images

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Map

Source

Location Method:
Satellite Image
Source Name:
LIMA - Landsat Image Mosaic Antarctica
Source Identifier:
Satellite image ( Satellite Image Catalogue - Scene Id E152_RGB_321_1X not in the Satellite Image Catalogue. )
Source Scale:
1:25000
Source Institution:
Australian Antarctic Division
Source Person:
Brolsma
Source Publisher:
USGS - United States Geological Survey
Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:
Official
Date approved:
11-Aug-1958

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