Blair Bay

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

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

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Place ID: 1427
Name ID: 94

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:

Narrative

A bay west of Donovan Promontory, on Stornes Peninsula in the Larsemann Hills.

Named For

Named after James Blair, Diesel Mechanic at Mawson in 1958 who was a member of an ANARE party which landed by motor launch in the Larsemann Hills in February 1958.

Location

Latitude:
69° 23' 51.9" S
-69.39774°
Accurate to 25m
Longitude:
76° 07' 20.9" E
76.12247°
Accurate to 25m
Altitude:
0 m
Accurate to 10m

Images


©Rick Oates 2009
Catalogue id
IA21752
Caption
Blair 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

Related information

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