Palmer Bay (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Palmer 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:
on W side of Crown Head, NE Coronation Island, was roughly charted by Powell in December 1821 and named Palmer's Bay after Capt. N.B. Palmer (Palmer Archipelago, q.v.), of the sloop Dove, with whom Powell was on a joint cruise, 1821-22 (Powell, chart, 1822a). Baie Palmer (Powell, 1824a, map facing p.5). Palmers Bay (BA chart 1238, 7.ix.1839; 1916, p.414). Palmer Bai (Friederichsen, 1895, Tafel 7 facing p.304). Pamers [sic] Bay (Clarke, 1906, map facing p.145). Bahía Palmers (Riso Patron S., 1908, end map). Palmer Bay (Sørlle, chart 1912; [referring to the bay between Findlay Point and Crown Head] BA chart 1775, 17.viii.1934; [correctly referring to the smaller bay immediately W of Crown Head] APC, 1955, p.16; DOS 510 South Orkney Islands, West Sheet, 1963; BA chart 1775, 13.x.1967). Palmer Bukt (Sørlle, chart, [1930]). Bahía Palmers (Argentina. MM chart 31, 1930). The bay was re-charted by DI in 1933. Bahía Palmer (Argentina. MM, 1945, p.276). Baie Palmers (France. SHM chart 1148, 1947). The bay was surveyed by FIDS from Signy, 1956-58. Zaliv Palmer (Soviet Union. MMF chart, 1961). Bahía de Palmer (Pierrou, 1970, p.573).
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