Marine Gazetteer Placedetails

MRGID http://marineregions.org/mrgid/14265
Status Proposed standard Proposed standard
Names
Language Name Name source
EnglishBiscoe BaySCAR Composite Gazetteer   
SpanishBiscoe, BahíaSCAR Composite Gazetteer   
PlaceType Bay 
Latitude 64° 48' 0" S (-64.8°)  
Longitude 63° 49' 0" W (-63.8166667°)  
Source SCAR Composite Gazetteer, available online at https://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/gaz/scar/
Notes Belgica information (en): Bay which indents the SW coast of Anvers Island immediately N of Biscoe Point, in the Palmer Archipelago. First charted by the BelgAE, 1897-99, under Gerlache, and named by him for John Biscoe, who may have landed there in February 1832. http://geonames.usgs.gov    
Relation 
Part of  Anvers Island (Island)  [view hierarchy]   
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Edit history Last edited on 2006-04-06 14:59:04 by Deckers Pieter
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