Name details

Sandefjord Bay

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

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

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Gazetteer of the British Antarctic Territory Id 111033

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 Sphinx Rock, off Monroe Island, and Moreton Point, W Coronation Island, bounded by Spine Island to NE, was roughly charted by Powell and Palmer in December 1821; further charted by Sørlle in 1912 and named Sandefjord after the centre for the whaling industry in Norway (Sørlle, chart, 1912). Sande Fiord (BA, 1916, p.415). The bay was recharted by DI in January 1933. Sandefjord Bay ([with Return Point as E limit] BA chart 1775, 17.viii.1934; [as now defined] APC, 1955, p.18; DOS 510 South Orkney Islands, West Sheet, 1963). Sandefjard [sic] Bay, Sandefjords Bay (USAAF chart [LR-74], 1942). Bahía Sandefjord (Argentina. MM, 1945, p.275; Pierrou, 1970, p.647). A FIDS hut, designated "Base P", was established on the E side of the bay, 12 February 1945; it was not occupied and was dismantled in February 1956. The bay was surveyed by FIDS from Signy, 1956-58. Bahía Sandefford [sic] (Argentina. IGM map 3738, 1958). Sandefjordbaai, Sandefjordbocht (Knapp, 1958, p.584). Baia Sande Fjord (Zavatti, 1958, Tav. 10). [Sandefjord, South Georgia, is named after the same town (Hattersley-Smith, 1980b, p.76.]

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Location

Latitude:
60° 37' 00.0" S
-60.61667°
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Longitude:
46° 02' 00.0" W
-46.03333°
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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:
8-Sep-1953

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