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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| Prydz Bay (AUS) | 69° 00' 00.0" S | 76° 00' 00.0" E | Bay |
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Name ID: 101
Place ID: 11677
A long bay lying between the eastern side of the Amery Ice Shelf and the Ingrid Christensen Coast. Discovered and explored in February, 1935, by Capt. Klarius Mikkelsen in the norwegian whale-oil tanker Thorshavn. Called Olaf Prydz Bukt after Olaf Prydz, general manager of the Hvalfangernes Assuranceforening, Sandefjord, Norway. |
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| Prydz Bay (USA) | 69° 00' 00.0" S | 75° 00' 00.0" E | Bay |
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Name ID: 130405
Place ID: 11677
A deep embayment of the continent between the Lars Christensen Coast and Ingrid Christensen Coast. Portions of the bay were sighted in January and February 1931 by Norwegian whalers and the BANZARE. It was explored in February 1935 by Norwegian whaler Capt. Klarius Mikkelsen in the Thorshavn, and was mapped in considerable detail from aerial photographs taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition of 1936-37. Named for Olaf Prydz, general manager of the Hvalfangernes Assuranceforening in Sandefjord, Norway. |
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| Prydz Bukt (RUS) | 68° 00' 00.0" S | 78° 00' 00.0" E | Bay |
| Name ID: 120115 Place ID: 11677 | |||
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