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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| Ventisquero, bahía (ARG) | 60° 43' 00.0" S | 45° 23' 00.0" W | Bay |
| Name ID: 102403 Place ID: 15937 | |||
| Whale Bay (RUS) | 60° 44' 00.0" S | 45° 10' 00.0" W | Bay |
| Name ID: 121355 Place ID: 15937 | |||
| Whale Bay (GBR) | 60° 44' 00.0" S | 45° 10' 00.0" W | Bay |
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Name ID: 111899
Place ID: 15937
between the SE end of Coronation Island and the NW end of Matthews Island, W of The Divide, was charted in 1912 by Sørlle who applied the name Hvalbugten [=whale bay] to a feature of undefined extent between the S coast of Coronation Island and Robertson Islands (Sørlle, chart, 1912). Hval Bukt (Sørlle, chart, [1930]). Fondeadero Ventisquero (Argentina. MM chart 31, 1930). Bahía Ventisquero[=glacier bay] (Argentina. IGM map, 1948; Pierrou, 1970, p.711). Following survey by DI in 1933, the name Whale Bay was restricted to the present feature (BA chart 1775, 17.viii.1934; APC, 1955, p.22; DOS 510 South Orkney Islands, West Sheet, 1963). The bay was further surveyed by FIDS from Signy, 1956-58. |
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| Whale Bay (USA) | 60° 44' 00.0" S | 45° 11' 00.0" W | Bay |
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Name ID: 133603
Place ID: 15937
Small bay between the SE end of Coronation Island and the NW side of Matthews Island, in the South Orkney Islands. The name Hvalbugten (Whale Bay) appears on a chart based upon a running survey of the South Orkney Islands in 1912-13 by Norwegian whaler Capt. Petter Sorlle. |
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