Name details

Neny Bay

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

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

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Gazetteer of the British Antarctic Territory Id 110322

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

on E side of Marguerite Bay, Fallières Coast, bounded to W by Neny Island (q.v.), to NW by Stonington Island and to SE by Roman Four Promontory, was surveyed by BGLE in 1936 (Rymill, 1938a, map facing p.432); further surveyed by USAS in 1940-41, when the name Neny Channel was applied to the part of the bay between Neny Island and Stonington Island (Dyer, map, c. 1941; Schmitt, 1945, p.297) and the name Neny Island Bay to the whole feature (USHO, 1943, p.162); resurveyed by FIDS from "Stonington Island" in 1947. Back Bay (q.v.), applied loosely to this feature (Latady, 1948, photograph p.214). Bahía de la Isla Neny (Vila Labra, 1947, p.102). Bahía Neny (Chile. DNH chart 530, 1947; Pierrou, 1970, p.545; Chile. IHA, 1974, p.210). Bahía Isla Neny (Ihl C. and Ayala A., 1947, maps following p.96; Pierrou, 1970, p.442). Fondeadero Neny, referring to the anchorage in the bay (Argentina. MM, 1953, p. [III]; Pierrou, 1970, p.545). Neny Bay (DCS sheet 68 66, 1955; APC, 1955, p.15; BA chart 3213, 23.iii.1956; 22.ix.1967). The bay was charted by an RN Hydrographic Survey Unit in 1966. Fondeadero Bahía Neny, also referring to the anchorage (Pierrou, 1970, p.182).

Named For

Location

Latitude:
68° 12' 00.0" S
-68.20000°
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Longitude:
66° 58' 00.0" W
-66.96667°
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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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