Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)
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in the framework of the SCAR Standing Committee on Antarctic Geographic Information (SCAGI)
Oom Bay (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Oom Bay (The name as it would appear on a map)
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Feature type: Bay
This name originates from Australia. It is part of the Australian Antarctic Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.
Names that other countries have for this feature:
A well defined embayment west of Cape Bruce, Mac.Robertson Land. Discovered on 18 February 1931 by BANZARE (1929-31) under Sir Douglas Mawson.
Named after Lieut. K.E. Oom, RAN, cartographer with the expedition, 1930-31.
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