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| Name | Latitude | Longitude | Feature Type |
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| Röhss Bay (RUS) | 64° 10' 00.0" S | 58° 10' 00.0" W | Bay |
| Name ID: 120277 Place ID: 12300 | |||
| Röhss Bay (GBR) | 64° 13' 00.0" S | 58° 15' 00.0" W | Bay |
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Name ID: 110919
Place ID: 12300
between Cape Obelisk and Cape Broms, SW James Ross Island, was surveyed by SwAE in October 1903 and named Röhss' Bukt after August and Wilhelm Röhss, wholesale dealers of Göteborg, Sweden, who assisted the expedition (Nordenskjöld and others, 1904a, Del. 1, end map). Baie Röhss (Nordenskjöld and others, [1904c], map p.232-33). Röhss' Bucht (Nordenskjöld and others, 1904b, Vol. 2, first end map). Bahía de Rosa [sic] (Nordenskjöld and others, 1904-05, Tomo 1, end map). Röhss Bay (Nordenskjöld and others, 1905, map facing p.316; BA chart 3205, 31.x.1921; APC, 1955, p.18; BAS 250 sheet SQ 21-22/1 (Ext.), 1-DOS 1974). Bahía Röhss (Riso Patron S., 1908, end map; Pierrou, 1970, p.631; Chile. IHA, 1974, p.246). Röhss B. (HA chart, 1928). The bay was resurveyed by FIDS from "Hope Bay", 1952-55. Zaliv Ress (Soviet Union. MMF chart, 1961). |
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| Röhss Bay (USA) | 64° 12' 00.0" S | 58° 16' 00.0" W | Bay |
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Name ID: 130903
Place ID: 12300
Bay 11 mi wide, between Capes Broms and Obelisk on the SW side of James Ross Island. Discovered by the SwedAE, 1901-04, under Nordenskjold, and named by him for August and Wilhelm Rohss, patrons of the expedition. |
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| Röhss, bahía (ARG) | 64° 13' 00.0" S | 58° 15' 00.0" W | Bay |
| Name ID: 102035 Place ID: 12300 | |||
| Röhss, Bahía (CHL) | 64° 05' 00.0" S | 58° 03' 00.0" W | Bay |
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Name ID: 106190
Place ID: 12300
Descubierta por la Expedición Sueca de los años 1901-1904, bajo la dirección de Otto Nordenskjöld, denominada así en honor de August y Wilhelm Röhss, jefes de la Expedición. Bahía que mide aproximadamente 10 millas de ancho en su boca, decreciendo a 3 millas de ancho cerca del fondo del saco, que se abre y penetra hacia el NE por unas 12 millas, entre los cabos Obelisco y Broms, en la costa W de la isla Ross. |
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