Flandres Bay (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Flandres 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 Renard and Cape Willems, Danco Coast, was roughly charted by BeAE, 10-11 February 1898, and named Baie des Flandres or Baie de Flandres after the region of Flandres (Flanders) in NW Europe (Lecointe, map, 1899; 1900a, map facing p.132). Flandres Bay (BA chart 1238, viii.1900; APC, 1955, p.10; BA chart 3572, 29.xi.1974). Flandern Bucht (Stefan, 1900, map facing p. 532). Flemish Bay (Cook, 1900, map p. xx). Flanders Bay (Ar towski, 1901b, map facing p. 464; Rymill and others, 1938, p. 13; BA, 1954, p. 51). Baia delle Fiandre [sic] (Gerlache, 1902a). Flandern Bukten (Nordenskjöld and others, 1904a, Del. 1, end map). The bay was further charted by FAE, 1903-05, in February 1904. Bahía de Flandern (Nordenskjöld and others, 1904-05, Tomo 1, end map). Bahèa de Flandres (Charcot, [1907], p.108). Bahía Flandes [sic] (Riso Patron S., 1908, end map; Pierrou, 1970, p.364). The bay was recharted by FAE, 1908-10 (Matha and Rey, 1911, p.36, 62-64). Dallmann Bay, proposed for this feature after Capt. E. Dallmann (Dallmann Bay, q.v.) (Balch, 1912, p.575 and map facing p.570). Flandres B. (HA chart, 1928). Flanders-Bukten (Aagaard, 1930, end map). Bahía Flandres (Argentina. IGM map, 1946; Chile. IHA, 1974, p.125). The bay was photographed from the air by FIDASE, 1956-57. Vlaanderen Bocht (Knapp, 1958, p.587). Flanderská Zátoka (Bártl, 1958, map facing p. 144). Flandres (Flanders) Bay (USHO, 1961, p. 164). Bukhta Flandrskaya (Soviet Union. MMF chart, 1961).
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