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Crescent Bay: Antarctica
SOURCE: National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, Bethesda, MD, USA
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This page presents the geographical name data for Crescent 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): Crescent Bay

Feature Class (see definition): Bay

Country Code (see definition): AQ (Antarctica)

Feature ID (see definition): 3297

Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 71° 37' 00" S

Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 170° 04' 00" E

Primary Latitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -71.6166667

Primary Longitude in decimal degrees (see definition): 170.0666667

Elevation (see definition): No data

Decision Year (see definition): No data

Description (see definition): A cove in the NE side of Duke of York Island in Robertson Bay, northern Victoria Land. Charted and so named because of its shape by the British Antarctic Expedition (BrAE), 1898-1900, under C.E. Borchgrevink. The feature is the site of an Adelie penguin rookery.

Date Created (see definition): No data

Date Edited (see definition): No data

NOTE: The information regarding Crescent 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 Crescent Bay information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Crescent Bay should be addressed to the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency.


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