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)
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| Jordanoff Bay (BGR) | 63° 50' 20.0" S | 59° 52' 00.0" W | Bay |
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Name ID: 136887
Place ID: 18603
The 5 km wide bay indenting for 4.9 km Davis Coast in Graham Land on the Antarctic Peninsula. Entered between Wennersgaard Point and Tarakchiev Point. Named for the Bulgarian-American pioneer of aviation Assen Jordanoff (1896-1967) who built the first Bulgarian airplane in 1915 and took part in the construction of B-17 and other US planes. |
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