SCAR Composite Gazetteer

Moraine Bay

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

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

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Place ID: 9815
Name ID: 117

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

An oblong shaped bay on the northern side of Ellis Fjord in the Vestfold Hills, measuring about 700 m by 1 km.

Named For

There is a prominent moraine ridge on the shore at the northern end. Named for the moraine ridge.

Location

Latitude:

68° 36' 12.6" S

-68.60350°

Accurate to 30m

Longitude:

78° 02' 19.0" E

78.03861°

Accurate to 30m

Altitude:

0 m

Unknown precision

Images

©Richard 'Tubby' Seton 2009

Catalogue id: IA21949
Caption: Moraine Bay, Vestfold Hills. Taken from helicopter at height of 1100 feet. Looking North.
Photographer: Seton, Richard

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:

26-Jul-1983

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