Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)
Collated by Programma Nazionale di Ricerche in Antartide (Italy)
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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| Robertson Bay (NZL) | 71° 25' 00.0" S | 170° 00' 00.0" E | Bay |
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Name ID: 114249
Place ID: 12221
A bay, about 23 miles wide and 25 miles long, lying between Cape Barrow and Cape Adare in northern Victoria Land. Discovered in 1841 by Ross. Named for Dr John Robertson, surgeon on the expedition ship Terror. Robertson was specially charged, as was the surgeon on the Erebus, with observations in zoology and geology for the expedition. |
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| Robertson Bay (RUS) | 71° 30' 00.0" S | 170° 00' 00.0" E | Bay |
| Name ID: 120250 Place ID: 12221 | |||
| Robertson Bay (USA) | 71° 25' 00.0" S | 170° 00' 00.0" E | Bay |
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Name ID: 130839
Place ID: 12221
A large, roughly triangular bay that indents the N coast of Victoria Land between Cape Barrow and Cape Adare. Discovered in 1841 by Capt. James Ross, RN, who named it for Dr. John Robertson, Surgeon on the Terror. |
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