Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)
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Paulding Bay (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Paulding 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:
A bay along the coast just W of Clark Point. The outer portions of the bay are bounded by the Moscow University and Voyeykov Ice Shelves. Mapped by G.D. Blodgett (1955) from aerial photographs obtained by USN Operation Highjump (1946-47), and named by US-ACAN for James K. Paulding, Secretary of the Navy under President Martin Van Buren. Paulding had previously served as U.S. Navy agent for New York and was instrumental in the outfitting of the USEE (1838-42) under Lt. Charles Wilkes.
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