Buchan Bay (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Buchan 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:
between Cape Hartree and Cape Murdoch, S coast of Laurie Island, was possibly sighted by Powell and Palmer in December 1821; charted by SNAE on 25 March 1903 and named after Alexander Buchan (1829-1907), Scottish meteorologist and Secretary, Scottish Meteorological Society, 1860-1907 (Bruce and others, chart, [1903c]; Bruce, 1903-04, p. 13; BA chart 1775, 17.viii.1934; APC, 1955, p. 6). Bahïa Buchan (Argentina. MM chart 31, 1930; Pierrou, 1970, p. 221). Baia Buchan (Zavatti, 1958, Tav. 10). The bay was recharted by DI in 1933.
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