Name details

Windless Bight

Windless Bight (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Windless Bight  (The name as it would appear on a map)

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New Zealand Gazetteer Id 114742

Feature type: Bight (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

The bight between Sultans Head Rock and Terror Point on the south side of Ross Island. Feature shown on: NZ AntTopo50-MF14

Named For

Named by the Winter Journey Party, led by Wilson, of the British Antarctic Expedition (Terra Nova expedition, BrAE), 1910-13, which encountered no wind in this area.

Location

Latitude:
77° 42' 00.0" S
-77.70000°
Unknown precision
Longitude:
167° 40' 00.0" E
167.66667°
Unknown precision
Altitude:
49 m
Unknown precision

Images

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Map

Source

Location Method:
Unknown
Source Name:
LINZ AntTopo50 series
Source Identifier:
MF14 : Edition 1.00 Published 2012
Source Scale:
1:50000
Source Institution:
Unknown
Source Person:
Unknown
Source Publisher:
LINZ
Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

Height at reference point

Approval status

Status:
Official
Date approved:
1-Jan-1958

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