SCAR Composite Gazetteer

Bayly Bay

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

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

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Place ID: 1026
Name ID: 115

Feature type: Bay

Origin

This name originates from Australia. It is part of the Australian Antarctic Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.

Narrative

A coastal bay in the Vestfold Hills, about 2 km long and approximately 0.5 km across. There are 3 islands which almost block the entrance to the bay. It is a salinity stratified environment. The deepest water is salty and without oxygen. The bay was first sampled in 1986.

Named For

Dr Ian Bayly is a copepod expert who has worked in the area of the bay and has published papers on the biology of animals from stratified waters.

Location

Latitude:

68° 26' 31.9" S

-68.44219°

Accurate to 30m

Longitude:

78° 15' 21.6" E

78.25600°

Accurate to 30m

Altitude:

0 m

Unknown precision

Images

©Rick Oates 2009

Catalogue id: IA21847
Caption: Bayly Bay, Vestfold Hills. Taken from helicopter at height of 1500 feet. Looking Southwest.
Photographer: Oates, Rick

Map

Source

Location Method:

Topographic data

Source Name:

Vestfold Hills Topographic GIS Dataset

Source Identifier:

vest_hills_gis

Source Scale:

1:5000

Source Institution:

Australian Antarctic Division

Source Person:

Brolsma

Source Publisher:

Australian Antarctic Division

Remote sensing:

Not Applicable

Comments

Metadata for coordinates and origin of topographic data.

Approval status

Status:

Official

Date approved:

7-Mar-1991

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