Name details

Lauritzen Bay

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

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

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Australian Antarctic Gazetteer Id 54

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 very broad bay, choked with bay ice and ice shelf, west of the Matusevich Glacier in Oates Land. Photographed by USN Operation Highjump (1946-47). Sketched and photographed by Phillip Law, leader of the ANARE Expedition on the MV Magga Dan on 20 February, 1959. Named after Knud Lauritzen, shipowner, of Copenhagen, Denmark, owner of the Magga Dan and other vessels used by ANARE since 1954.

Named For

Knud Lauritzen, shipowner, of Copenhagen

Location

Latitude:
69° 05' 00.0" S
-69.08331°
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Longitude:
156° 50' 00.0" E
156.83331°
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Altitude:
Not recorded
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Images

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Map

Source

Location Method:
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Source Name:
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Source Institution:
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Source Person:
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Source Publisher:
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Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:
Unknown
Date approved:
22-Jul-1959

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