Whistling Bay (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Whistling 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 Longridge Head and Cape Sáenz, SW Arrowsmith Peninsula, Loubet Coast, was roughly surveyed by BGLE in 1936; resurveyed by FIDS from "Stonington Island" in September 1948 (DCS 601 sheet 6766, 1954) and so named because of the curious and unidentified whistling sound heard there at the time of the survey (APC, 1955, p.22; BA chart 3571, 14.vii.1961; BAS 250P sheet SQ 19-20/14 (Ext.), 1-DOS 1978).
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