Marine Gazetteer Placedetails

MRGID http://marineregions.org/mrgid/26583
Status Proposed standard Proposed standard
Name
Language Name Name source
EnglishHewitt BaySCAR Composite Gazetteer   
PlaceType Bay 
Latitude 64° 49' 1.2" S (-64.817°)  
Longitude 63° 46' 58.8" W (-63.783°)  
Source SCAR Composite Gazetteer, available online at https://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/gaz/scar/
Links https://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/gaz/scar/display_name.cfm?gaz_id=136088    
Notes General information (en): A rectangular bay 1 mile long between Biscoe Point and Access Point, Anvers Island, in Palmer Archipelago. Named by US-ACAN (2007) after Roger P. Hewitt of the Antarctic Ecosystem Research Group, Southwest Fisheries Science Center, La Jolla, CA; leader of surveys of the ecosystem in waters adjoining the South Shetland Islands and northern Antarctic Peninsula 1989-2005; convener, Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR) working group, 2000-05. (Source: SCAR Composite Gazetteer)    
Relations 
Part of  Southern Ocean (IHO Sea Area)  [view hierarchy]   
Adjacent to  Anvers Island (Island)  [view hierarchy]   
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Edit history Last edited on 2012-12-03 08:49:48 by De Hauwere Nathalie
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