Mensa Bay (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Mensa 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:
W coast of Elephant Island, was roughly charted by Powell, 1821-22, and named Table Bay (Powell, chart, 1822a; Wild, 1923b, p.91; Alberts, 1977, p.47; USBGN, 1981, p.839). Baie Table (Powell, 1824a, map facing p.5). Tafel Bai [translation of English name] (Friederichsen, 1895, Tafel 7 facing p.304). Southard Bay, after Samuel Lewis Southard (1787-1842), US Secretary of the Navy, 1823-29, who promoted the United States Exploring Expedition, 1838-42 (Lieut. Charles Wilkes, USN) (USHO, 1943, p.87). BahÃa Mesa [translation of English name] (Argentina. MM, 1953, p.196). Southard Bay (Table Bay) (USHO, 1961, p.113). Caleta Table (Chile. IH chart 1400, 1971; IHA, 1974, p.273). The bay was surveyed by J
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