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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| Maury Bay (AUS) | 66° 30' 00.0" S | 124° 42' 00.0" E | Bay |
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Name ID: 129
Place ID: 9173
A bay on the Banzare Coast of Wilkes Land facing the Voyeykov Ice Shelf. Delineated from air photographs taken by USN Operation Highjump (1946-47), and called Maury Bay by USACAN after William L. Maury, Lieutenant on the brig Porpoise of the United States Exploring Expedition (1838-42), under Wilkes. |
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| Maury Bay (USA) | 66° 33' 00.0" S | 124° 42' 00.0" E | Bay |
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Name ID: 128571
Place ID: 9173
An ice-filled bay indenting the coast just east of Cape Lewis. Mapped by G.D. Blodgett (1955) from aerial photographs taken by USN Operation Highjump (1946-47), and named by US-ACAN for William L. Maury, lieutenant on the brig Porpoise during the USEE (1838-42) under Lt. Charles Wilkes. |
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