Lützow-Holm Bay (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Lützow-Holm 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 large bay, about 120 mi wide, indenting the coast of Queen Maud Land between Riiser-Larsen Peninsula and the coastal angle immediately east of the Flatvaer Islands. Discovered by Capt. Hjalmar Riiser-Larsen in two airplane flights from his expedition vessel, the Norvegia, on Feb. 21 and 23, 1931. The name, honoring Cdr. Finn Lutzow-Holm of the Norwegian Naval Air Service, a pilot for Capt. Riiser-Larsen on the Aagaard in 1935.
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