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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| Rennick Bay (NZL) | 70° 06' 00.0" S | 161° 20' 00.0" E | Bay |
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Name ID: 114225
Place ID: 12046
An extensive bay lying immediately westward of Cape Cheetham in Oates Land. Discovered in 1911 by Pennell, in the BAE vessel Terra Nova. Named by Pennell in honour of Lieutenant Henry E de P Rennick, RN, who was one of the officers on the ship and who was responsible for the soundings taken on the voyage. Aerial photographs taken by the US Navy "Operation Highjump", 1946-47, indicate that this bay extends inland as much as 50 miles. |
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| Rennick Bay (USA) | 70° 06' 00.0" S | 161° 20' 00.0" E | Bay |
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Name ID: 130688
Place ID: 12046
An embayment of the coastline at the terminus of Rennick Glacier. It is bounded on the west and east by Belousov Point and Stuhlinger Ice Piedmont. The eastern part of the bay was discovered from the ship Terra Nova, of the BrAE (1910-13) under Scott. Named by the BrAE for Lt. Henry E. de P. Rennick, RN, an officer on the Terra Nova. The bay was photographed by USN Operation HighJump (1947) and by the SovAE (1958). |
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| Rennick, zaliv (RUS) | 70° 10' 00.0" S | 161° 57' 00.0" E | Bay |
| Name ID: 120208 Place ID: 12046 | |||
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