SCAR Gazetteer Information: Each place can have one or more entries in the SCAR Composite Gazetteer, dependant on its origin. By viewing an individual entry, you may see multiple references to the same place. SCAR uses a more general feature type coding, so each place will, in general, have multiple feature types.

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Name Latitude Longitude Feature Type
Harald Bay (AUS) 69° 11' 50.8" S 157° 46' 09.1" E Bay
Name ID: 64 Place ID: 5995

A bay about 7 km wide, indenting the land between Archer Point and Williamson Head in Oates Land. Photographed by USN Operation Highjump (1946-47). Sketched and photographed by Phillip Law, leader of ANARE on the MV Magga Dan on 20 February 1959. Named after Captain Harald Moller Pedersen, master of the MVMagga Dan during the expedition.

Harald Bay (USA) 69° 12' 00.0" S 157° 45' 00.0" E Bay
Name ID: 126192 Place ID: 5995

A bay about 4 mi wide indenting the coast between Archer Point and Williamson Head. Photographed from the air by USN Operation Highjump in 1947. Sketched and photographed by Phillip Law, leader of ANARE (Magga Dan) on Feb. 20, 1959. Named by ANCA for Capt. Harald Moller Pederson, master of the Magga Dan during the expedition.

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