Name details

Winter Bay

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

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

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Australian Antarctic Gazetteer Id 122

Feature type: Bay

Origin

This name originates from Australia. It is part of the Australian Antarctic Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.

Narrative

A small bay near the south-west corner of Filla Island in the Rauer Group where the schooner Dick Smith Explorer wintered from February 1983 to January 1984. This was the headquarters of the Frozen Sea Expedition of the Oceanic Research Foundation 1982-1984.

Named For

The schooner Dick Smith Explorer wintered here from February 1983 to January 1984.

Location

Latitude:

68° 49' 11.3" S

-68.81980°

Unknown precision

Longitude:

77° 52' 35.8" E

77.87660°

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Altitude:

0 m

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Images

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Map

Source

Location Method:

Unknown

Source Name:

Unknown

Source Identifier:

Source Scale:

Unknown

Source Institution:

Unknown

Source Person:

Unknown

Source Publisher:

Unknown

Remote sensing:

Not Applicable

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:

Unknown

Date approved:

7-Mar-1991

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