Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)
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in the framework of the SCAR Standing Committee on Antarctic Geographic Information (SCAGI)
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
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 bay on the BANZARE Coast of Wilkes Land, between the Dalton Iceberg Tongue and the Voyeykov Ice Shelf. A bay was delineated in this vicinity from aerial photographs taken by USN Operation Highjump (1946-47). The bay was also photographed by the Soviet Antarctic Expedition (1956) and ANARE (1961 and 1962). Named by USACAN after James R. Paulding, Secretary of the US Navy under President Van Buren (1837-41).
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