Name details

Abatus Bay

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

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

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Australian Antarctic Gazetteer Id 138186

Feature type: Bay (3)

Origin

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

Narrative

This bay, immediately to the north of Davis station, supports large populations of all five Abatus species, and is typical of the sort of soft substrate habitat that occurs throughout the Prydz Bay/Davis region.

Named For

Named in recognition of the importance and dominance of the Abatus group of invertebrate species in soft sediment benthic communities around Davis. Five species of Abatus occur in high abundance around the coastline of Davis station, East Antarctica (A. cavernosus, A. ingens, A. nimrodi, A. philippii and A. shackletoni), at population densities of around 30 individuals per square metre in areas of suitable habitat.

Location

Latitude:
68° 33' 47.0" S
-68.56306°
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Longitude:
77° 58' 27.0" E
77.97417°
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Altitude:
0 m
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Images

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Map

Source

Location Method:
Unknown The coordinates for this place name were derived from Map id 0 - This map does not exist in the SCAR Map Catalogue. in the SCAR Map Catalogue.
Source Name:
Vestfold Hills 50K GIS Topographic Dataset
Source Identifier:
Source Scale:
Unknown
Source Institution:
Australian Antarctic Division
Source Person:
Unknown
Source Publisher:
Unknown
Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:
Official
Date approved:
7-Jun-2016

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