Newcomb Bay

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

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

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Place ID: 10215
Name ID: 131

Feature type: Bay

Origin

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:

Narrative

A bay on the Budd Coast, between Clark Peninsula and Bailey Peninsula. Plotted from air photographs taken by USN Operation Highjump (1946-47). Named by USACAN after Lieutenant R.C. Newcomb, USN, navigator of the USS Glacier and a member of a survey party which charted this bay in February, 1957.  

Named For

Location

Latitude:
66° 16' 00.1" S
-66.26669°
Accurate to 30m
Longitude:
110° 32' 00.0" E
110.53331°
Accurate to 30m
Altitude:
0 m
Accurate to 5m

Images


©AAD, Copyright Commonwealth of Australia 1988
Catalogue id
2792B2
Photographer
Zehnder, Bruno J

Map

Source

Location Method:
Topographic data
Source Name:
Windmill Islands 1:50000 GIS Dataset
Source Identifier:
Wind50K
Source Scale:
1:5000
Source Institution:
Australian Antarctic Division
Source Person:
Brolsma
Source Publisher:
Australian Antarctic Division
Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:
Official
Date approved:
Unknown

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