Name details

Bach Ice Shelf

Bach Ice Shelf (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Bach Ice Shelf  (The name as it would appear on a map)

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Gazetteer of the British Antarctic Territory Id 107619

Feature type: Ice shelf

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

NE of Ronne Entrance, SW Alexander Island, after map compilation by FIDS in 1959 from air photographs taken by RARE in 1947, was named after Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), German composer, in association with the names of other composers grouped in this area (APC, 1961, p.2; USHO chart 6638, 1962; DOS 710 sheet 14, 1963; Searle, 1963, map Fig. 3; BAS 250P sheets SR 17-18/15, 16 and SS 16-18/4, 1-DOS 1974). Shel'fovyy Lednik Bakka (Soviet Union. AA, 1966, Pl. 24). Back [sic] Ice Shelf (US DMAAC chart JNC-120, 1976). Barrera de Hielos Bach (Argentina. AA, 1991, p.5.)

Named For

Location

Latitude:
72° 02' 00.0" S
-72.03333°
Unknown precision
Longitude:
72° 20' 00.0" W
-72.33333°
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Altitude:
Not recorded
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Images

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Map

Source

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

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:
Unknown
Date approved:
2-Mar-1961

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