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Röhss, Bahía (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Röhss, Bahía (The name as it would appear on a map)
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Feature type: Bay (3)
This name originates from Chile. It is part of the Chile Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.
Names that other countries have for this feature:
Descubierta por la Expedición Sueca de los años 1901-1904, bajo la dirección de Otto Nordenskjöld, denominada así en honor de August y Wilhelm Röhss, jefes de la Expedición. Bahía que mide aproximadamente 10 millas de ancho en su boca, decreciendo a 3 millas de ancho cerca del fondo del saco, que se abre y penetra hacia el NE por unas 12 millas, entre los cabos Obelisco y Broms, en la costa W de la isla Ross.
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