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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| Lewis Bay (NZL) | 77° 22' 00.0" S | 167° 35' 00.0" E | Bay |
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Name ID: 113764
Place ID: 8388
Bay indenting the north coast of Ross Island between Mount Bird and Cape Tennyson. Feature shown on: NZ AntTopo50-ME14 |
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| Lewis Bay (USA) | 77° 22' 00.0" S | 167° 35' 00.0" E | Bay |
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Name ID: 127980
Place ID: 8388
Bay indenting the N coast of Ross Island between Mount Bird and Cape Tennyson. Charted by the BrNAE under Scott, 1901-04. Named by the US-ACAN in 1964 for Capt. Price Lewis, USN, commanding officer of the USS Staten Island during USN OpDFrz 1959, and who in USN OpDFrz 1963 and 1964 was assistant chief of staff and ship group commander, U.S. Naval Support Force, Antarctica. |
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