Name details

Piner Bay

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

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

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United States Gazetteer Id 130150

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

Open bay 8 mi long and 2 mi wide between Cape Bienvenue and the E side of Astrolabe Glacier Tongue. Discovered on Jan. 30, 1840, by the USEE under Wilkes, who named it for Thomas Piner, signal quartermaster on the USEE flagship Vincennes. This feature correlates closely with portions of the sketch of "Piners Bay" as shown on Wilkes' chart of 1840.

Named For

Location

Latitude:
66° 43' 00.0" S
-66.71667°
Unknown precision
Longitude:
140° 17' 00.0" E
140.28333°
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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-1947

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