Name details

Moon Bay

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

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

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Gazetteer of the British Antarctic Territory Id 110218

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

between Edinburgh Hill and Renier Point, E Livingston Island, was roughly charted by nineteenth-century sealers and called Elephant Bay after the elephant seal (Palmer, 1820-21, 1 December 1820) or Maggys Cove (Weddell, 1825a, map facing p.132). Maggys Bucht (Weddell, 1827, third end map). Maggy's Cove (Powell, chart, 1831). The bay was recharted by DI in 1935 and named Moon Bay in association with Half Moon Island (q.v.) in the bay (Nelson and others, chart, 1935b; BA chart 3205, 25.iii.1937; APC, 1955, p.15; DOS 610 sheets W 62 58 and 62 60, 1968). Half-moon Bay (USHO, 1943, p.11). Bahía Luna [translation of English name] (Chile. DNH chart L, 1947; Pierrou, 1970, p.493; Chile. IHA, 1974, p.190). Bahía Moon (Argentina. MM chart 105, 1949). Puerto Luna (Argentina. MM, 1953, p.198b). Luna-Bucht (Kosack, 1955a, p.173). Maanbaai [translation of English name] (Knapp, 1958, p.579).

Named For

Location

Latitude:
62° 34' 58.8" S
-62.58300°
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Longitude:
60° 00' 00.0" W
-60.00000°
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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 Identifier:
Source Scale:
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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:
8-Sep-1953

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