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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| Name | Latitude | Longitude | Feature Type |
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| Boisguehenneuc Bay (BGR) | 63° 58' 40.0" S | 61° 51' 40.0" W | Bay |
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Name ID: 137725
Place ID: 19404
The 6.9 km wide bay indenting for 2.4 km the NW coast of Liège Island in the Palmer Archipelago. Entered NE of Bebresh Point and SW of the W extremity of Kran Peninsula. Its head is fed by Shterna Glacier. British mapping in 1978. Named after Lieutenant Charles Marc du Boisguehenneuc (1740-1778), a member of the French expedition of Kerguelen-Trémarec who made the first recorded landing south of the Antarctic Convergence, on Kerguelen Island on 14 February 1772. |
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