Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)
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in the framework of the SCAR Standing Committee on Antarctic Geographic Information (SCAGI)
Barrier Bay (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Barrier 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:
An open bay in the eastern part of Prydz Bay just west of the West Ice Shelf. Mapped by Norwegian cartographers from air photographs taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition (1936-37) and called Barriervika (The Barrier Bay).
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