Name details

Avicenna Bay

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

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

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Gazetteer of the British Antarctic Territory Id 107611

Feature type: Bay

Origin

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:

Narrative

SE coast of Brabant Island, was photographed from the air by FIDASE in 1956-57; named after Avicenna (Abu Ali al Hussein abu Abdullah ibn Sina) (980-1037), greatest of the Arabian school of physicians, in association with the names of other physicians grouped in this area (APC, 1960, p.2; BA chart 3566, 25.viii.1961). Avicenza [sic] Bay (USOO chart 6944, 1963). Bahía Avicena [sic] (Argentina. AA, 1991 p.4)

Named For

Location

Latitude:
64° 26' 00.0" S
-64.43333°
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Longitude:
62° 21' 00.0" W
-62.35000°
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Altitude:
Not recorded
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Images

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Map

Source

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

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:
Unknown
Date approved:
23-Sep-1960

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