Colvocoresses Bay (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Colvocoresses Bay (The name as it would appear on a map)
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Feature type: Bay (3)
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:
A bay formed by the right angle of the Budd Coast at Williamson Glacier. The bay is over 30 mi wide at the entrance and is occupied by glacier tongues and icebergs from Williamson and Whittle Glaciers. Delineated by G.D. Blodgett (1955) from aerial photographs taken by USN Operation Highjump (1946-47). Named by US-ACAN for George W. Colvocoresses, Midshipman on the sloop Vincennes during the USEE (1838-42) under Charles Wilkes. Colvocoresses, later promoted to Captain, USN, published (1852-55) his own account of the voyage in Four Years in the Government Exploring Expedition Commanded by Captain Wilkes.
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