Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)
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in the framework of the SCAR Standing Committee on Antarctic Geographic Information (SCAGI)
Heidemann Bay (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Heidemann 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 just south of Davis station in the Vestfold Hills. It is about 2 km long, 0.5 km wide at the entrance. Mapped by Norwegian cartographers from air photographs taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition (1937-57). First visited by an ANARE party led by Phillip Law from the Kista Dan on 11 January, 1957.
Named after F. Heidemann, second mate of the MV Kista Dan in 1957.
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