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.
Showing all 4 place names.
| Name | Latitude | Longitude | Feature Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| Girard Bay (GBR) | 65° 08' 00.0" S | 64° 00' 00.0" W | Bay |
|
Name ID: 109032
Place ID: 5345
off N entrance of Penola Strait, Graham Coast, was roughly charted by BeAE in February 1898; further charted by FAE, 1903-05, and named Baie Girard after Jules Girard, of the French Société de Géo- graphie, Paris, and subsequently a member of the Comité de Patronage of FAE, 1908-10 (Charcot, 1906b, p.474; 1910, map p.267); recharted by FAE, 1908-10, in 1909. Girard Bay (Charcot, [1911b], p.180; BA, 1916, p.407; chart 3175, 1934; APC, 1955, p.10; BA chart 3572, 12.viii.1960). Bahía Girard (Argentina. IGM map, 1946; Pierrou, 1970, p.394; Chile. IHA, 1974, p.137). The bay was photographed from the air by FIDASE, 1956-57. Bahía Girad [sic] (Chile. IH chart 58, 1971). |
|||
| Girard Bay (USA) | 65° 08' 00.0" S | 64° 00' 00.0" W | Bay |
|
Name ID: 125701
Place ID: 5345
Bay 2 mi long and 1 mi wide, indenting the W coast of Graham Land between Cape Cloos and Mount Scott. Discovered by the BelgAE, 1897-99. Named by the FrAE, 1903-05, under Charcot, for Jules Girard of the Paris Societe de Geographie. |
|||
| Girard, bahía (ARG) | 65° 08' 00.0" S | 63° 59' 00.0" W | Bay |
| Name ID: 101011 Place ID: 5345 | |||
| Girard, Bahía (CHL) | 65° 08' 00.0" S | 63° 58' 00.0" W | Bay |
|
Name ID: 105607
Place ID: 5345
Fue descubierta por la Expedición Antártica Belga de 1897-1899 al mando del teniente Adrien de Gerlache. Posteriormente, fue denominada por la Expedición Antártica Francesa de 1903-1905, al mando del Dr. Jean B. Charcot por Jules Girard de la Sociedad Geográfica de París. Bahía de aproximadamente 1,5 milla de largo y de ancho ubicada en la costa W de Tierra de O'Higgins entre el cabo Cloos y el monte Scott. |
|||
Showing all 4 place names.