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
Guillermina, bahía (ARG) 64° 39' 00.0" S 62° 10' 00.0" W Bay
Name ID: 101085 Place ID: 16048

Wilhelmina Bay (GBR) 64° 38' 00.0" S 62° 04' 00.0" W Bay
Name ID: 111943 Place ID: 16048

between Cape Anna and Gaston Islands, off N end of Reclus Peninsula, Danco Coast, was sighted by BeAE, 29 January 1898, and roughly charted during February of that year; named Baie Wilhelmina after Wilhelmina (1880-1962), Queen of the Netherlands, 1890-1948, in recognition of the assistance given to BeAE by Her Government (Lecointe, map, 1899). Baie de la Reine Wilhelmina (Gerlache, 1900b, p.469). Baie de Wilhelmina (Gerlache, 1900b, p.521; Lecointe, 1900a, map facing p.132). Wilhelmina bay (BA chart 3205, 1.vi.1901; [referring to the SW part of the bay] 25.iii.1937; [as now defined] APC, 1955, p.22; BA chart 3566, 16.x.1959). Baia della Regina Guglielmina [=Queen Wilhelmina Bay] (Gerlache, 1902a). Wilhelmina-Bucht (Cook, 1903, map following p. x). Baie de Wilhelmine (Lecointe, 1903, Carte 5). Bahía Guillermina (Sobral, 1904, p.67; Pierrou, 1970, p.410; Chile. IHA, 1974, p.302). Wilhelmina Bukten (Nordenskjöld and others, 1904a, Del. 1, end map). Baie Wilhelmine (Charcot, 1905d, map facing p.488). Wilhelmina-Bocht (Nordenskjöld and others, 1907, p.22). Wilhelmina B. (HA chart, 1928). Welhelmina [sic] Bay, as rejected from (USBGN, 1956, p.325). The bay was photographed from the air by FIDASE, 1956-57, and partly surveyed from the ground by FIDS from "Portal Point", 1957-58. Wilhelmina Baai (Knapp, 1958, p.588). Bahía Wilhelmina (Chile. DNH chart 1501, 1962).

Wilhelmina Bay (USA) 64° 38' 00.0" S 62° 10' 00.0" W Bay
Name ID: 133703 Place ID: 16048

Bay 15 mi wide between Reclus Peninsula and Cape Anna along the W coast of Graham Land. Discovered by the BelgAE, 1897-99, under Gerlache, and named for Wilhelmina, Queen of the Netherlands, 1890-1948.

Wilhelmina, Bahía (CHL) 64° 40' 00.0" S 62° 11' 00.0" W Bay
Name ID: 106482 Place ID: 16048

Descubierta por la Expedición Antártica Belga que llevó a efecto entre los años 1897 y 1899, dirigida por el teniente Adrien de Gerlache y denominada en honor de Wilhelmina, Reina de Holanda durante los años de 1890-1948.

Wilhelmine, Baie (BEL) 64° 38' 00.0" S 62° 10' 00.0" W Bay
Name ID: 104998 Place ID: 16048

Du nom de la Reine des Pays-Bas.

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