Gibbon Bay (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Gibbon 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 Rayner Point and The Turret, E Coronation Island, was charted by DI in January 1933 and named after Dr Geoffrey McKay Gibbon (1896-1983), surgeon in Discovery II, DI, 1931-33, who assisted in hydrographic work in the South Orkney Islands (Nelson, 1933, p.25; BA chart 1775, 17.viii.1934; APC, 1955, p.10; DOS 510 South Orkney Islands, West Sheet, 1963). Baie Gibbon (France. SHM, 1937, p.388). Bahía Gibbon (Argentina. CNA, 1947, map p.45; Pierrou, 1970, p.392). Baia Gibbon (Zavatti, 1958, Tav.10).
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