Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)
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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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| 25 de Mayo, bahía (ARG) | 62° 05' 00.0" S | 58° 00' 00.0" W | Bay |
| Name ID: 100001 Place ID: 7526 | |||
| King George Bay (RUS) | 62° 05' 00.0" S | 58° 10' 00.0" W | Bay |
| Name ID: 118762 Place ID: 7526 | |||
| King George Bay (GBR) | 62° 06' 00.0" S | 58° 03' 57.6" W | Bay |
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Name ID: 109623
Place ID: 7526
between Lions Rump and Penguin Island, King George Island, was charted on 22 January 1820 by Bransfield, who landed and took formal possession of the island for King George III (d. 29 January 1820); named Georges Bay (Bransfield, chart [1820a]) or George's Bay (Bone, 1824, p.691-92, 713; BA chart [no number], 1822) after George IV (1762-1830), King of England, 1820-30 (Prince Regent, 1811-20). Saint George's Bay (Powell, chart, 1822a). Baie St. George's (Powell, 1824a, map facing p.5). Georges Bucht (Weddell, 1827, third end map). Georgs Bay (Fildes, 1827, p.466). Saint George Bay (SDUK, map, 1838; BA chart 1238, 1844). Bahía de S. Jorge (Spain. DH chart 458, 1861). St. George Bai (Friederichsen, 1895, Tafel 7, facing p.304). Bahía San Jorge (Seguí and others, [1907], p.164). Bahía San Jorje (Riso Patron S., 1908, end map). Baie Saint Georges (Charcot, 1912, Pl.1; Bongrain, 1914, Pl. 2 (upper photograph) following p.60). King George Bay (BA chart 3205, 31.x.1921; 1774, 9.vii.1948; APC, 1955, p.13; BA chart 1774, 14.ix.1962). George Bay (Gould, 1925, p.222). Kong George Bukta (HA chart, 1928). King Georgebukten (Aagaard, 1930, end map). The bay was recharted by DI in January 1937. King George Bay Anchorage, referring to part of the bay (France. SHM, 1937, p.393). Kinge [sic] George Bay (USAAF chart [LR-74], 1942). Bahía d. Rey Jorge (Argentina. IGM map, 1946). Bahía Jorge (Schulz, 1947, p.5). Bahía del Rey Jorge (Vila Labra, 1947, map facing p.200). Bahía Rey Jorge (Chile. DNH chart L, 1947; IHA, 1974, p.241). Bahía King George (Argentina. MM chart 104, 1949). Bahía 25 de Mayo, so called by AAE after the Argentine national festival commemorating 25 May 1810, when autonomous government was proclaimed in Buenos Aires (Argentina. MM 1953, p.206). Baie King George (France. SHM, 1954, p.45). The bay was photographed from the air by FIDASE, 1956-57. Baia di Re Giorgio (Zavatti, 1958, Tav. 9). Bahía Veinticinco de Mayo [twenty-fifth of May bay] (Argentina. MM, 1958a, p.285; Pierrou, 1970, p.708). Zaliv King Dzhordzh (Soviet Union. MMF chart 1961). Zatoki Króla Jerzsego (Tokarski, 1981, p.146). |
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| King George Bay (USA) | 62° 06' 00.0" S | 58° 05' 00.0" W | Bay |
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Name ID: 127405
Place ID: 7526
Bay indenting the S coast of King George Island for 6 mi between Lions Rump and Turret Point, in the South Shetland Islands. Named on Jan. 24, 1820 for the then reigning sovereign of England by a British expedition under Bransfield. |
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| Rey Jorge, Bahía (CHL) | 62° 05' 00.0" S | 58° 03' 00.0" W | Bay |
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Name ID: 106158
Place ID: 7526
Denominada por la Expedición Inglesa, que dirigió Edward Bransfield, el 24 de enero de 1820 recibe su nombre en reconocimiento del soberano reinante de aquella época en Inglaterra. Esta bahía rompe la continuidad de la costa S de la isla Rey Jorge por un trecho de 4 millas. Las costas de la bahía están constituidas por acantilados de hielo; sobre la costa N descarga un extenso glaciar del que se desprenden trozos de hielo. |
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