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

Feature Class (see definition): Bay

Country Code (see definition): AQ (Antarctica)

Feature ID (see definition): 4850

Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 73° 28' 00" S

Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 102° 23' 00" W

Primary Latitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -73.4666667

Primary Longitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -102.3833333

Elevation (see definition): No data

Decision Year (see definition): 01/01/1968

Description (see definition): A body of water about 15 mi wide, lying immediately W of Cosgrove Ice Shelf and occupying the outer (west) part of the embayment between King and Canisteo Peninsulas. Mapped from air photos taken by U.S. Navy (USN) OpHjp in December 1946. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Lieutenant Commander H.H. Ferrero, communications officer on the staff of the Commander, U.S. Navy (USN) Support Force, Antarctica, 1966-68.

Date Created (see definition): No data

Date Edited (see definition): No data

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


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