Ommanney Bay (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Ommanney 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 Prong Point and Foul Point, N Coronation Island, was probably sighted by Powell and Palmer in December 1821; charted by DI in 1933 and named after Dr Francis Downes Ommanney (1903-80), British zoologist and member of DI scientific staff; "Marine Station", Grytviken, South Georgia, 1929-30, and Discovery II, 1931-33 and 1935-37 (BA chart 1775, 17.viii.1934; APC, 1955, p.16; DOS 510 South Orkney Islands, West Sheet, 1963). Bahía Ommaney (Moneta, 1951, end map [1]; Pierrou, 1970, p.563). The bay was surveyed by FIDS from Signy, 1956-58. The bay and the hinterland, S of a line joining Conception Point and Foul Point, were designated SPA No. 18 under the Antarctic Treaty (SPRI, 1986, p.247).
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