Wohlschlag Bay

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

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

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Place ID: 16177
Name ID: 133814

Feature type: Bay (3)

Origin

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:

Narrative

Large bay indenting the W side of Ross Island between Harrison Bluff and Cape Royds. Charted by the BrNAE under Scott, 1901-04. Named by the US-ACAN in 1964 for Donald E. Wohlschlag, professor of biology at Stanford University, who outfitted the biology laboratories on the USNS Eltanin and at McMurdo Station, where he worked five summer seasons from 1958-64.

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Location

Latitude:
77° 22' 00.0" S
-77.36667°
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Longitude:
166° 25' 00.0" E
166.41667°
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Altitude:
Not recorded
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Map

Source

Location Method:
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Source Name:
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Source Institution:
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Source Person:
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Source Publisher:
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Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:
Unknown
Date approved:
1-Jan-1964

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