Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)
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in the framework of the SCAR Standing Committee on Antarctic Geographic Information (SCAGI)
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 |
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| Magnet Bay (AUS) | 66° 22' 50.4" S | 56° 23' 25.3" E | Bay |
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Name ID: 40
Place ID: 8849
An embayment on the coast of Kemp Land, about 24 km west of Cape Davis. BANZARE (1929-31) plotted Magnet Bay as a wide embayment extending from Cape Davis to Cape Borley. Later exploration, especially that by the Lars Christensen Expedition (1936-37) and ANARE (1956-61) has shown the bay to be less extensive than plotted by BANZARE. Named by Sir Douglas Mawson after the vessel in which Peter Kemp first sighted land in this vicinity in 1833. |
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| Magnet Bay (RUS) | 66° 20' 00.0" S | 56° 15' 00.0" E | Bay |
| Name ID: 119192 Place ID: 8849 | |||
| Magnet Bay (USA) | 66° 22' 00.0" S | 56° 20' 00.0" E | Bay |
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Name ID: 128337
Place ID: 8849
A shallow coastal indentation, 7 mi wide and receding only 2 mi, located 9 mi W of Cape Davis at the NW side of Edward VIII Plateau. The BANZARE, 1929-31, under Mawson, originally charted Magnet Bay as a larger bay extending from Cape Davis to Cape Borley, naming it after the vessel Magnet, in which Peter Kemp first sighted land in this vicinity in 1833. Later exploration, particularly that of the Lars Christensen Expedition, 1936-37, has shown the bay to be less extensive. |
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