Name details

Lystad Bay

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

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

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Gazetteer of the British Antarctic Territory Id 109939

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

W side of Horseshoe Island, Fallières Coast, was surveyed by BGLE, July-August 1936, and its anchorage and approaches were roughly charted in February 1937 (Rymill and others, 1938, p.252, map facing p.432); visited by USMS North Star and USS Bear of USAS in 1940 and called Horseshoe Island Cove (USHO, 1943, p.160; USHO chart 6652, 1946). Horseshoe Bay (Bryant, 1945, p.265). Caleta Isla Herradura [=horseshoe island cove] (Chile. DNH chart LIII, 1947). The bay was resurveyed by FIDS from "Stonington Island" in 1948. Caleta Horseshoe (Argentina. MM chart 109, 1949). Caleta Herradura (Argentina. MM, 1953, p.299; Pierrou, 1970, p.424). The bay was renamed Lystad Bay after Capt. Isak Lystad (1897-1945) of North Star (APC, 1955, p.14; BA, 1956, p.79; chart 3570, 21.ix.1957; 3213, 12.viii.1960; DOS 310 Horseshoe Island sheet, 1961); further charted by an RN Hydrographic Survey Unit in 1957. Bahía Lystad (Chile. DNH, 1962, p.197; IHA, 1974, p.190).

Named For

Location

Latitude:
67° 51' 00.0" S
-67.85000°
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Longitude:
67° 17' 00.0" W
-67.28333°
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Altitude:
Not recorded
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Map

Source

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

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:
Unknown
Date approved:
31-Mar-1955

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