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This page presents the geographical name data for
Block Bay in Antarctica, as supplied by the US military intelligence in electronic format, including the geographic coordinates and place name in various forms, latin, roman and native characters, and its location in its respective country's administrative division
Feature Name
(see definition):
Block Bay
Feature Class
(see definition):
Bay
Country Code
(see definition): AQ (Antarctica)
Feature ID
(see definition):
1535
Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds
(see definition):
76° 15' 00" S
Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds
(see definition):
146° 22' 00" W
Primary Latitude in decimal degrees
(see definition):
-76.25
Primary Longitude in decimal degrees
(see definition):
-146.3666667
Elevation
(see definition):
No data
Decision Year
(see definition):
01/01/1966
Description
(see definition):
A long ice-filled bay lying E of Guest Peninsula along the coast of Marie Byrd Land. Discovered in 1929 by the Byrd Antarctic Expedition (ByrdAE) and named by Byrd for Paul Block, newspaper publisher and patron of the expedition.
Date Created
(see definition):
No data
Date Edited
(see definition):
No data
NOTE: The information regarding
Block Bay in Antarctica on this page is published from the data supplied by the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, a member of the Intelligence community of the Antarctica, and a Department of Defense (DoD) Combat Support Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of
Block Bay information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about
Block Bay should be addressed to the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency.
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