Name details

Pine Island Bay

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

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

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United States Gazetteer Id 130146

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 bay about 40 mi long and 30 mi wide, into which flows the ice of Pine Island Glacier, at the SE extremity of Amundsen Sea. Delineated from aerial photographs taken by USN Operation HighJump in December 1946. Named by US-ACAN for the USS Pine Island, seaplane tender and flagship of the eastern task group of USN Operation HighJump which explored this area.

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Location

Latitude:
74° 50' 00.0" S
-74.83333°
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Longitude:
102° 40' 00.0" W
-102.66667°
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Altitude:
Not recorded
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Map

Source

Location Method:
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Source Name:
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Source Identifier:
Source Scale:
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Source Institution:
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Source Person:
Unknown
Source Publisher:
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Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:
Unknown
Date approved:
1-Jan-1955

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