Marine Gazetteer Placedetails

MRGID http://marineregions.org/mrgid/11505
Status Proposed standard Proposed standard
Names
Language Name Name source
EnglishCharlotte BaySCAR Composite Gazetteer   
SpanishCarlota, bahíaSCAR Composite Gazetteer   
FrenchCharlotte, BaieSCAR Composite Gazetteer   
SpanishCharlotte, BahíaSCAR Composite Gazetteer   
DutchCharlotte-baaiBeeckman, N. (1988). Belgica: de eerste overwintering in Antarctica 1897-1899 = Belgica: le premier hivernage premier hivernage dans l'Antarctique 1897-1899. North Sea Society: Antwerpen. 77 pp. (look up in IMIS)   
PlaceType Bay 
Latitude 64° 35' 0" S (-64.5833333°)  
Longitude 61° 26' 0" W (-61.4333333°)  
Source SCAR Composite Gazetteer, available online at https://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/gaz/scar/
Notes Belgica information (nl): De verloofde van G. Lecointe heette Charlotte    
Belgica information (en): Bay indenting the W coast of Graham Land in a SE direction for 12 mi, between Reclus Peninsula and Cape Murray. Discovered by the BelgAE, 1897-99. Named for the fiancee of Georges Lecointe, executive officer, hydrographer and second-in-command of the expedition (http://www.mapplanet.com/?do=loc&country=_A&adm1=08&loc=20002168 / http://geonames.usgs.gov).    
Belgica information (en): Bay indenting the west coast of Graham Land in a SE direction for 22 km, between Reclus Peninsula and Cape Murray. Discovered by the Belgian Antarctic Expedition, 1897-1899. Named for the fiancé of Georges Lecointe, executive officer, hydrographer and second-in-command of the expedition.    
Belgica information (fr): Baie creusant sur 22 km en direction du sud-est la côte ouest de la Terre de Graham, entre la péninsule Reclus et le cap Murray. Découverte par l’expédition belge en Antarctique de 1897-1899 et baptisée en l’honneur de la fiancée de Georges Lecointe, hydrographe et commandant en second de l’expédition    
Belgica information (nl): 22 km lange, zuid-oost georiënteerde baai in de westkust van Graham Land. Hij ligt tussen het schiereiland Reclus en Kaap Murray. De Belgische Antarctica expeditie (1897-99) ontdekte de baai en noemde hem naar de verloofde van Georges Lecointe, tweede officier in rang en hydrograaf.     
Relations 
Part of  Southern Ocean (IHO Sea Area)  [view hierarchy]   
Part of  Gerlache Strait (Strait)  [view hierarchy]   
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