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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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| Amery Depression (AUS) | 68° 15' 00.0" S | 74° 30' 00.0" E | Depression |
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Name ID: 393
Place ID: 294
A large gentle depression on the seafloor of Prydz Bay to approximately 900 m deep. The feature occupies the centre of Prydz Bay below 500 m and probably acts a depot centre for sedimentation in Prydz Bay. Named for its association with the Amery Ice Shelf. |
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| Andvord Bay (GBR) | 64° 50' 00.0" S | 62° 37' 00.0" W | Bay |
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Name ID: 107525
Place ID: 393
SW side of Arctowski Peninsula, Danco Coast, was roughly charted by BeAE, 4-6 February 1898, and named Baie Andvord or Baie d'Andvord, after Rolf Andvord, Belgian Consul in Christiania at that time (Lecointe, map, 1899; 1900a, map facing p.132). Andvord Bay (Cook, 1900, map p.xx; BA chart 1238, viii.1900; APC, 1955, p.4; USBGN, 1956, p.44). Baia Andvord (Gerlache, 1902a). Bahïa Andbort [sic] (Irïzar, 1903, map facing p.4). Andvord Bucht (Nordenskjöld and others, 1904b, Vol.2, first end map). Andvords Vik (Nordenskjöld and others, 1904a, Del. 1, end map). Baie d'Andword [sic] (Lecointe, 1905, p.75). Bahïa Andvord (Riso Patron S., 1908, end map; Pierrou, 1970, p.166; Chile. IHA, 1974, p.28). Anvord [sic] Bay (Lester, 1920-22a, Vol. 1, p.102). Andvord B. (HA chart, 1928). Andvordbukten (Aagaard, 1947, p.855). Andword [sic] Bay (USBGN, 1949, p.3). The bay was photographed from the air by FIDASE, 1956-57. Andvord Baai (Knapp, 1958, p.567). Bukhta Andvord (Soviet Union, MMF chart, 1961). |
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| Andvord Bay (USA) | 64° 50' 00.0" S | 62° 39' 00.0" W | Bay |
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Name ID: 121828
Place ID: 393
Bay 9 mi long and 3 mi wide, which lies between Beneden Head and Duthiers Point along the W coast of Graham Land. Discovered by the BelgAE, 1897-99, under Gerlache, and named by him for Rolf Andvord, Belgian consul at Christiania (Oslo) at that time. |
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| Andvord, bahía (ARG) | 64° 50' 00.0" S | 62° 40' 00.0" W | Bay |
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Name ID: 100092
Place ID: 393
En costa Danco. Fue descubierta por la Expedición Antártica Belga de Adrián de Gerlache durante 1897-99 y nominada así en honor del cónsul belga en Cristianía (Oslo), Rolf Andvord, quien facilitó los trámites para la compra del buque expedicionario. Fue publicado en TSAA1. SHN carta H-714. |
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| Andvord, Bahía (CHL) | 64° 50' 00.0" S | 62° 38' 00.0" W | Bay |
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Name ID: 105105
Place ID: 393
Descubierta por la Expedición Antártica Belga de 1897-1899, al mando del teniente Adrien de Gerlache, quien le dio el nombre que corresponde al de Rolf Andvord, en ese entonces Cónsul de Bélgica en Christiania hoy Oslo Noruega. Bahía de aproximadamente 10 millas de saco y 3 millas de ancho, que se abre entre el cabo Van Beneden y el cabo Lacaze Duthiers, en la costa occidental de la península Tierra de O'Higgins. |
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| Andvord, Baie (BEL) | 64° 50' 00.0" S | 62° 39' 00.0" W | Bay |
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Name ID: 104887
Place ID: 393
Rolf Andvord était Consul de Belgique à Christiana (Oslo). |
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