Biscoe Bay

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

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

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Place ID: 1363
Name ID: 122553

Feature type: Bay (3)

Origin

This name originates from United States of America. It is part of the United States Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.

Names that other countries have for this feature:

Narrative

Bay which indents the SW coast of Anvers Island immediately N of Biscoe Point, in the Palmer Archipelago. First charted by the BelgAE, 1897-99, under Gerlache, and named by him for John Biscoe, who may have landed there in February 1832.

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Location

Latitude:
64° 48' 00.0" S
-64.80000°
Unknown precision
Longitude:
63° 50' 00.0" W
-63.83333°
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Altitude:
Not recorded
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Images

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Map

Source

Location Method:
Unknown
Source Name:
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Source Identifier:
Source Scale:
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Source Institution:
Unknown
Source Person:
Unknown
Source Publisher:
Unknown
Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:
Unknown
Date approved:
1-Jan-1951

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