Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)
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Tryne Bay (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Tryne 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 at the northern end of the Vestfold Hills. Plotted from air photographs taken by the Lars Christensen expedition (1936-37) and called Trynevika (The Snout Bay). A landing was made on the mainland on 9 January, 1939, from the Wyatt Earp by Sir Hubert Wilkins, who accompanied Lincoln Ellsworth on his expedition.
Named after E.A. Trigwell, radio supervisor at Davis, 1958.
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