Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)
Collated by Programma Nazionale di Ricerche in Antartide (Italy)
in the framework of the SCAR Standing Committee on Antarctic Geographic Information (SCAGI)
Farr Bay (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Farr Bay (The name as it would appear on a map)
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Feature type: Bay (3)
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:
Bay on the coast of Antarctica, 7 mi wide, lying just E of Helen Glacier. Discovered in November 1912 by the Western Base Party of the AAE under Mawson. In some early reports the feature was called Depot Bay. It was later named by Mawson for Dr. C.C. Farr of New Zealand, a member of the Expedition Advisory Committee.
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