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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| Eyres Bay (AUS) | 66° 29' 00.0" S | 110° 28' 00.1" E | Bay |
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Name ID: 108
Place ID: 4422
A bay formed by the Western side of Browning Peninsula and the Vanderford Glacier at the southern end of the Windmill Islands. The feature was first plotted from air photographs taken by USN Operation Highjump (1946-47). Named after Ensign D L Eyres, USN, a member of the Wilkes party in 1958. |
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| Eyres Bay (USA) | 66° 29' 00.0" S | 110° 28' 00.0" E | Bay |
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Name ID: 124958
Place ID: 4422
Bay lying between the W side of Browning Peninsula and the front of Vanderford Glacier at the S end of the Windmill Islands. First mapped from air photos taken by USN Operation HighJump and Operation Windmill in 1947 and 1948. Named by the US-ACAN for Ensign David L. Eyres, USN, a member of the Wilkes Station party of 1958. |
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