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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| Henry Bay (AUS) | 66° 49' 00.1" S | 120° 40' 00.1" E | Bay |
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Name ID: 146
Place ID: 6264
A small bay about 7 km wide and 6 km long at the eastern end of Sabrina coast. Delineated from air photographs taken by USN Operation Highjump (1946-47). Named by USACAN after Wilkes Henry, midshipman on the sloop Vincennes of the United States Exploring Expedition (1938-42) under Wilkes. First visited by the ANARE Expedition on the MV Magga Dan under Phillip Law in February, 1960. |
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| Henry Bay (RUS) | 66° 50' 00.0" S | 120° 35' 00.0" E | Bay |
| Name ID: 118429 Place ID: 6264 | |||
| Henry Bay (USA) | 66° 52' 00.0" S | 120° 45' 00.0" E | Bay |
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Name ID: 126436
Place ID: 6264
A small bay at the eastern end of Sabrina Coast. The Henry Islands lie in the western part of the bay. Delineated from aerial photographs taken by USN Operation Highjump (1946-47), and named by the US-ACAN for Wilkes Henry, Midshipman on the sloop Wilkes. |
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