Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)
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Avicenna Bay (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Avicenna Bay (The name as it would appear on a map)
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Feature type: Bay
This name originates from United Kingdom. It is part of the Gazetteer of the British Antarctic Territory and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.
Names that other countries have for this feature:
SE coast of Brabant Island, was photographed from the air by FIDASE in 1956-57; named after Avicenna (Abu Ali al Hussein abu Abdullah ibn Sina) (980-1037), greatest of the Arabian school of physicians, in association with the names of other physicians grouped in this area (APC, 1960, p.2; BA chart 3566, 25.viii.1961). Avicenza [sic] Bay (USOO chart 6944, 1963). Bahía Avicena [sic] (Argentina. AA, 1991 p.4)
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