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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| Ferrero Bay (RUS) | 72° 30' 00.0" S | 102° 30' 00.0" W | Bay |
| Name ID: 117967 Place ID: 4545 | |||
| Ferrero Bay (USA) | 73° 28' 00.0" S | 102° 23' 00.0" W | Bay |
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Name ID: 125058
Place ID: 4545
A body of water about 15 mi wide, lying immediately W of Cosgrove Ice Shelf and occupying the outer (west) part of the embayment between King and Canisteo Peninsulas. Mapped from air photos taken by USN Operation HighJump in December 1946. Named by US-ACAN for Lt. Cdr. H.H. Ferrero, communications officer on the staff of the Commander, USN Support Force, Antarctica, 1966-68. |
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