Name details

Rymill Bay

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

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

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Gazetteer of the British Antarctic Territory Id 110997

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 Red Rock Ridge and Bertrand Ice Piedmont, Marguerite Bay, Fallières Coast, was probably sighted by FAE, 1908-10, in January 1909; surveyed by BGLE in 1936 and resurveyed by FIDS from "Stonington Island" in October 1948; named after John Riddoch Rymill (1905-68), Australian polar explorer and Leader of BGLE; member of BAARE and of British expedition to E Greenland, 1932-33 (Leader, following death of H. G. Watkins) (APC, 1955, p.18; DCS 601 sheet 68 66, 1955). Bahía Rymill (Chile. DNH, 1962, p.200; IHA, 1974, p.252).

Named For

Location

Latitude:
68° 24' 00.0" S
-68.40000°
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Longitude:
67° 03' 00.0" W
-67.05000°
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Altitude:
Not recorded
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Map

Source

Location Method:
Unknown
Source Name:
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Source Identifier:
Source Scale:
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Source Institution:
Unknown
Source Person:
Unknown
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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