Name details

Crane Cove

Crane Cove (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Crane Cove  (The name as it would appear on a map)

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Australian Antarctic Gazetteer Id 367

Feature type: Cove

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 small bay to the south of Budnick Hill in the southern part of Newcomb Bay, Windmill Islands. Delineated from air photographs taken by USN Operation Highjump (1956-57). Named by USACAN for Robert I. Crane electronics technician 3D Class.   This feature is also known, unofficially, as Shannon Bay.

Named For

Location

Latitude:
66° 16' 44.8" S
-66.27911°
Accurate to 30m
Longitude:
110° 31' 32.2" E
110.52561°
Accurate to 30m
Altitude:
0 m
Accurate to 5m

Images

No images of this place could be found.

Map

Source

Location Method:
Topographic data
Source Name:
Windmill Islands 1:50000 GIS Dataset
Source Identifier:
Metadata ( Wind50k - Windmill Islands 1:50000 Topographic GIS Dataset )
Source Scale:
1:5000
Source Institution:
Australian Antarctic Division
Source Person:
Brolsma
Source Publisher:
Australian Antarctic Division
Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:
Official
Date approved:
22-Oct-1968

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