Name details

Bay of Sails

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

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

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New Zealand Gazetteer Id 114295

Feature type: Bay (3)

Origin

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

Names that other countries have for this feature:

Narrative

A shallow 11km wide indentation of the coast of Victoria Land in McMurdo Sound, between Spike Cape and Gneiss Point. Feature shown on: NZ AntTopo50-ME10

Named For

The name was suggested by the Western Geological Party of the British Antarctic Expedition (Terra Nova expedition, BAE) (1910-13), which while sledging across the ice at the mouth of the bay erected makeshift sails on their man-drawn sledge, thereby increasing the speed.

Location

Latitude:
77° 21' 00.0" S
-77.35000°
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Longitude:
163° 34' 00.0" E
163.56667°
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Altitude:
0 m
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Images

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Map

Source

Location Method:
Unknown
Source Name:
LINZ AntTopo50 series
Source Identifier:
ME10 : Edition 1.00 Published 2012
Source Scale:
1:50000
Source Institution:
Unknown
Source Person:
Unknown
Source Publisher:
LINZ
Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:
Official
Date approved:
1-Jan-1958

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