Name details

Square Bay

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

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

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Gazetteer of the British Antarctic Territory Id 111347

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 Nicholl Head and Camp Point, Fallières Coast, E of Horseshoe Island, was sighted at its entrance by FAE, 1908-10, in January 1909 and included under the name Fiord Neny (Neny Fjord, q.v.) (Bongrain, 1914, vue 35 following p.60); surveyed by BGLE in 1936 and named Square Bay from its outline (Rymill, 1938b; BA chart 3175, 1.iii.1940; DCS 601 sheet 67 66, 1954; APC, 1955, p.20); resurveyed by FIDS from "Stonington Island", 1948-49. Bahía Cuadrada [translation of English name] (Chile. DNH chart LIII, 1947; Pierrou, 1970, p.276; Chile. IHA, 1974, p.88). Bahía Square (Argentina. MM chart 109, 1949). Zaliv Skuer (Soviet Union. MMF chart, 1961).

Named For

Location

Latitude:
67° 51' 00.0" S
-67.85000°
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Longitude:
67° 00' 00.0" W
-67.00000°
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Altitude:
Not recorded
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Images

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Map

Source

Location Method:
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Source Name:
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Source Identifier:
Source Scale:
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Source Institution:
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Source Person:
Unknown
Source Publisher:
Unknown
Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:
Unknown
Date approved:
8-Sep-1953

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