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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| Tripp Bay (NZL) | 76° 37' 00.0" S | 162° 44' 00.0" E | Bay |
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Name ID: 114590
Place ID: 14968
A bay, approximately 11.5km wide and 7km deep, being a recession in the coast between Oates Piedmont Glacier and Evans Piedmont Glacier along the coast of Victoria Land. The feature is mostly filled with an ice shelf formed by the flows of Albrecht Penck Glacier, Fry Glacier, and Hedblom Glacier, projection out for several kilometres as Tripp Ice Tongue. Tripp Island is at the south side. Feature shown on: NZ AntTopo50-MB09 |
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| Tripp Bay (RUS) | 76° 37' 00.0" S | 162° 44' 00.0" E | Bay |
| Name ID: 121051 Place ID: 14968 | |||
| Tripp Bay (USA) | 76° 37' 00.0" S | 162° 44' 00.0" E | Bay |
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Name ID: 132888
Place ID: 14968
A bay along the coast of Victoria Land formed by a recession in the ice between the Oates Piedmont Glacier and Evans Piedmont Glacier. The bay was first charted by the BrAE, 1907-09. The name appears to have been first used by the BrAE (1910-13) and derives from Tripp Island which lies within the bay. |
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