SCAR Composite Gazetteer

Quilty Bay

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

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

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Place ID: 11789
Name ID: 92

Feature type: Bay

Origin

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:

Huaxia Wan (China)

Narrative

A bay in the Larsemann Hills west of the Stinear Peninsula.

Named For

Named after Dr Patrick Quilty Assistant Director (Science) Australian Antarctic Division.

Location

Latitude:

69° 24' 14.0" S

-69.40389°

Accurate to 25m

Longitude:

76° 13' 25.0" E

76.22361°

Accurate to 25m

Altitude:

0 m

Accurate to 10m

Images

©Rick Oates 2009

Catalogue id: IA21814
Caption: Quilty Bay, Larsemann Hills. Taken from helicopter at height of 1300 feet. Looking North.
Photographer: Oates, Rick

Map

Source

Location Method:

Unknown

Source Name:

Larsemann Hills 1:25000 Topographic GIS Dataset

Source Identifier:

Lars25K

Source Scale:

1:25000

Source Institution:

Australian Antarctic Division

Source Person:

Brolsma

Source Publisher:

Australian Antarctic Division

Remote sensing:

Not Applicable

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:

Official

Date approved:

29-Sep-1988

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