Lauritzen Bay (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Lauritzen 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 about 12 mi wide, occupied by bay ice and ice shell, indenting the coast between Cape Yevgenov and Coombes Ridge. The Matusevich Glacier Tongue joins Coombes Ridge in forming the W side of the bay. Photographed from the air by USN Operation Highjump in 1947. Sketched and photographed by Phillip Law, leader of ANARE (Magga Dan) on Feb. 20, 1959. Named by ANCA for Knud Lauritzen, shipowner of Copenhagen, Denmark, owner of Magga Dan and other vessels used by ANARE since 1954.
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