Whale Bay (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Whale 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 the SE end of Coronation Island and the NW end of Matthews Island, W of The Divide, was charted in 1912 by Sørlle who applied the name Hvalbugten [=whale bay] to a feature of undefined extent between the S coast of Coronation Island and Robertson Islands (Sørlle, chart, 1912). Hval Bukt (Sørlle, chart, [1930]). Fondeadero Ventisquero (Argentina. MM chart 31, 1930). Bahía Ventisquero[=glacier bay] (Argentina. IGM map, 1948; Pierrou, 1970, p.711). Following survey by DI in 1933, the name Whale Bay was restricted to the present feature (BA chart 1775, 17.viii.1934; APC, 1955, p.22; DOS 510 South Orkney Islands, West Sheet, 1963). The bay was further surveyed by FIDS from Signy, 1956-58.
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