Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)
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Jordanoff Bay (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Jordanoff Bay (The name as it would appear on a map)
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Feature type: Bay ( 3)
This name originates from Bulgaria. It is part of the Bulgaria Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.
The 5 km wide bay indenting for 4.9 km Davis Coast in Graham Land on the Antarctic Peninsula. Entered between Wennersgaard Point and Tarakchiev Point. Named for the Bulgarian-American pioneer of aviation Assen Jordanoff (1896-1967) who built the first Bulgarian airplane in 1915 and took part in the construction of B-17 and other US planes.
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