Name details

Mechanics Bay

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

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

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Australian Antarctic Gazetteer Id 43

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 deep re-entrant of the ice shelf into the ice plateau on the western side of the Amery Ice Shelf. Photographed by ANARE aircraft in 1956. First traversed in November, 1962, by an ANARE party led by D.R. Carstens in a Snotrac tracked vehicle while on a reconnaissance to determine a route on to the ice shelf for heavy transport. Named to commemorate the men and vehicles of the party.

Named For

Location

Latitude:
68° 52' 00.0" S
-68.86667°
Accurate to 200m
Longitude:
69° 20' 00.0" E
69.33333°
Accurate to 200m
Altitude:
Not recorded
Unknown precision

Images

No images of this place could be found.

Map

Source

Location Method:
Satellite Image
Source Name:
LIMA - Landsat Image Mosaic Antarctica
Source Identifier:
Satellite image ( Satellite Image Catalogue - Scene Id E151_RGB_321_1X not in the Satellite Image Catalogue. )
Source Scale:
1:30000
Source Institution:
Australian Antarctic Division
Source Person:
Brolsma
Source Publisher:
USGS
Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:
Official
Date approved:
Unknown

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