Marine Gazetteer Placedetails

MRGID http://marineregions.org/mrgid/11671
Status Proposed standard Proposed standard
Names
Language Name Name source
EnglishBayard IslandsSCAR Composite Gazetteer   
SpanishBayard, islotesSCAR Composite Gazetteer   
PlaceType Archipelago 
Latitude 64° 56' 0" S (-64.9333333°)  
Longitude 63° 14' 0" W (-63.2333333°)  
Source SCAR Composite Gazetteer, available online at https://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/gaz/scar/
Notes Belgica information (en): Small group of islands lying 1 mile NE of Cape Willems, off the W coast of Graham Land. Charted by the BelgAE under Gerlache, 1897-99. Named by the UK-APC in 1960 for Hippolyte Bayard (1801-87), French civil servant who independently invented a photographic process for obtaining direct positives on paper, in 1839. http://geonames.usgs.gov    
Relation 
Part of  Southern Ocean (IHO Sea Area)  [view hierarchy]   
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Edit history Last edited on 2014-08-19 09:07:05 by Vancraeynest Freek
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