Feature Name (see definition): Bigourdan Fjord

Feature Class (see definition): Bay

Country Code (see definition): AQ (Antarctica)

Feature ID (see definition): 1361

Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 67° 33' 00" S

Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 067° 23' 00" W

Primary Latitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -67.55

Primary Longitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -67.3833333

Elevation (see definition): No data

Decision Year (see definition): 01/01/1953

Description (see definition): A sound, 12 mi long in an E-W direction and averaging 2 mi wide, lying between Pourquoi Pas Island and the SW part of Arrowsmith Peninsula, along the W coast of Graham Land. Discovered by the French Antarctic Expedition (FrAE), 1908-10, under Charcot, and named by him for Guillaume Bigourdan, noted French astronomer. It was roughly surveyed by the British Graham Land Expedition (BGLE), 1934-37, under Rymill, and resurveyed by the Falklands Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS), 1948-50.

Date Created (see definition): No data

Date Edited (see definition): No data