Name details

Xianweng Wan

Xianweng Wan (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Xianweng Wan  (The name as it would appear on a map)

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China Gazetteer Id 138064

Feature type: Bay

Origin

This name originates from China. It is part of the China Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.

Narrative

A bay located between Wuyue Bandao and bare rock of the icecap in the south, where sea ice is frozen all year round,while sometimes in the summer all or most of the ice will melt. The bay is sheltered,open,with a lot of pack ice and icebergs.It was named when aerial photos surveying and mapping in 1993.

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Location

Latitude:
69° 27' 06.4" S
-69.45177°
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Longitude:
76° 03' 35.0" E
76.05972°
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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:
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Source Person:
Unknown
Source Publisher:
Unknown
Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

New entry as of request by Songtao Ai of 05 June 2015 (J. Muller)

Approval status

Status:
Unknown
Date approved:
1-Jan-1993

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