Gadzhiev Bay

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

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

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Place ID: 5054
Name ID: 106

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 bay on the coast of George V Land just west of Cape Hudson. Photographed by USN Operation Highjump (1946-47) and the Soviet Antarctic Expedition (1958). Named by the Soviet Expedition after M.I. Gadzhiev, Soviet polar worker.

Named For

Location

Latitude:
68° 21' 01.0" S
-68.35028°
Unknown precision
Longitude:
153° 32' 26.0" E
153.54056°
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Altitude:
Not recorded
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Images

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Map

Source

Location Method:
Satellite Image
Source Name:
Landsat Image Mosaic Antarctica (LIMA)
Source Identifier:
E113_CIR_432_1X
Source Scale:
1:25000
Source Institution:
USGS
Source Person:
Brolsma
Source Publisher:
United States Geological Survey (USGS)
Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:
Official
Date approved:
31-Jul-1972

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