Name details

Bad Lands

Bad Lands (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Bad Lands  (The name as it would appear on a map)

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New Zealand Gazetteer Id 112709

Feature type: None recorded.

Origin

This name originates from New Zealand. It is part of the New Zealand Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.

Narrative

To the east of Amundsen Arm of the Bay of Whales, on the Ross Ice Shelf. Named by the Byrd AE, 1928-30, because of the rough travelling in this area. They probaly no longer exist because of the changes in configuration in the Ross Ice Shelf.

Named For

Location

Latitude:
78° 30' 00.0" S
-78.50000°
Unknown precision
Longitude:
164° 00' 00.0" W
-164.00000°
Unknown precision
Altitude:
Not recorded
Unknown precision

Images

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Map

Source

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

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:
Unknown
Date approved:
Unknown

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