Name details

Wohlschlag Bay

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

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

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New Zealand Gazetteer Id 114753

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 bay indenting the west side of Ross Island for 31km between Harrison Bluff and Cape Royds. Feature shown on: NZ AntTopo50-ME13

Named For

Named by the United States Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Donald E Wohlschlag, Professor of Biology, Natural History Museum, Stanford University, who played an important role in outfitting the biology laboratory on the U.S. Naval Ship (USNS) "Eltanin" and the biology laboratory at McMurdo Station, where he worked five summer seasons between 1958-64.

Location

Latitude:
77° 22' 00.0" S
-77.36667°
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Longitude:
166° 25' 00.0" E
166.41667°
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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:
ME13 : Edition 1.01 Published 2014
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:
16-Jul-1964

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