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
Leningradbukta (NOR) 69° 55' 00.0" S 12° 30' 00.0" E Bay
Name ID: 115555 Place ID: 8321

Bay between Nivlisen and Lazarevisen, Prinsesse Atrid Kyst. After the city Leningrad, Russia.

Leningradskij, zaliv (RUS) 70° 00' 00.0" S 12° 30' 00.0" E Bay
Name ID: 119039 Place ID: 8321

Leningradskiy Bay (USA) 70° 00' 00.0" S 12° 30' 00.0" E Bay
Name ID: 127935 Place ID: 8321

An indentation in the ice shelf fringing Queen Maud Land immediately W of Lazarev Ice Shelf. Leningradskiy Island is at the head of the bay. Mapped by the SovAE in 1959 and named by them for the city of Leningrad.

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