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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| Glade Bay (USA) | 73° 56' 00.0" S | 115° 20' 00.0" W | Bay |
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Name ID: 125717
Place ID: 5367
An open triangular-shaped bay in Amundsen Sea, 30 mi wide at the broad N entrance and defined by the angle formed by the N part of Wright Island, the front of Getz Ice Shelf, and the NW side of Murray Foreland, Martin Peninsula, on the Bakutis Coast, Marie Byrd Land. Mapped by USGS from surveys and USN aerial photographs, 1959-67. Named by US-ACAN after Cdr. Gerald L. Glade, USN, helicopter pilot in USS Atka on USN OpDFrz, 1956-57; Deputy Commander, Naval Support Force, Antarctica, 1975-76. |
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