Name details

Bone Bay

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

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

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United States Gazetteer Id 122705

Feature type: Bay (3)

Origin

This name originates from United States of America. It is part of the United States Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.

Names that other countries have for this feature:

Narrative

A rectangular bay which is nearly 10 mi wide at the entrance between Notter Point and Cape Roquemaurel, along the NW coast of Trinity Peninsula. The FIDS charted the bay in 1948. Named by UK-APC after Thomas M. Bone, midshipman on the brig Williams used in exploring the South Shetland Islands and Bransfield Strait in 1820.

Named For

Location

Latitude:
63° 38' 00.0" S
-63.63333°
Unknown precision
Longitude:
59° 04' 00.0" W
-59.06667°
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Altitude:
Not recorded
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Images

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Map

Source

Location Method:
Unknown
Source Name:
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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:
1-Jan-1953

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