Name details

Snezhnyy Bay

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

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

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Australian Antarctic Gazetteer Id 136

Feature type: Bay

Origin

This name originates from Australia. It is part of the Australian Antarctic Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.

Names that other countries have for this feature:

Narrative

A bay with a very narrow entrance in the northern part of the Vestfold Hills. Photographed by USN Operation Highjump (1946-47), the Soviet Antarctic Expedition in 1956 and ANARE in 1957 and 1958.

Named For

Named Zaliv Snezhnyy (Snowy Bay or Bight) by the Soviet Expedition.

Location

Latitude:
68° 26' 20.8" S
-68.43911°
Accurate to 30m
Longitude:
78° 26' 35.5" E
78.44319°
Accurate to 30m
Altitude:
0 m
Unknown precision

Images


©Nathan Saunders 2009
Catalogue id
IA21993
Caption
Snezhnyy Bay, Vestfold Hills. Taken from helicopter at height of 1500 feet. Looking South.
Photographer
Saunders, Nathan

Map

Source

Location Method:
Topographic data
Source Name:
Vestfold Hills Topographic GIS Dataset
Source Identifier:
vest_hills_gis
Source Scale:
1:5000
Source Institution:
Australian Antarctic Division
Source Person:
Brolsma
Source Publisher:
Australian Antarctic Division
Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

Metadata for coordinates and origin of topographic data.

Approval status

Status:
Official
Date approved:
27-Nov-1973

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