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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| William Scoresby Bay (AUS) | 67° 24' 00.0" S | 59° 34' 00.1" E | Bay |
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Name ID: 75
Place ID: 16074
A bay about 9 km long and about 7 km wide, just east of Fold Island on the Coast of Kemp Land. |
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| William Scoresby Bay (RUS) | 67° 23' 00.0" S | 59° 30' 00.0" E | Bay |
| Name ID: 121391 Place ID: 16074 | |||
| William Scoresby Bay (USA) | 67° 24' 00.0" S | 59° 34' 00.0" E | Bay |
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Name ID: 133724
Place ID: 16074
A coastal embayment at the W side of William Scoresby Archipelago, 5 mi long and 3.5 mi wide, with shores marked by steep rock headlands and snow-free hills rising to 210 meters. The practical limits of the bay are extended 4 mi northward from the coast by island groups located along its E and W margin. Discovered in February 1936 by DI personnel on the William Scoresby, for which the bay was named. |
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