This page presents the geographical name data for
Kainan 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):
Kainan Bay
Feature Class
(see definition):
Bay
Country Code
(see definition): AQ (Antarctica)
Feature ID
(see definition):
7720
Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds
(see definition):
78° 10' 00" S
Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds
(see definition):
162° 30' 00" W
Primary Latitude in decimal degrees
(see definition):
-78.1666667
Primary Longitude in decimal degrees
(see definition):
-162.5
Elevation
(see definition):
No data
Decision Year
(see definition):
01/01/1947
Description
(see definition):
An iceport which indents the front of Ross Ice Shelf about 37 miles NE of the NW end of Roosevelt Island. Discovered in January 1902 by the British National Antarctic Expedition (BrNAE) under Robert Scott. It was named by the Japanese expedition under Lieutenant Nobu Shirase which, in January 1912, effected a landing on the ice shelf here from the ship Operation Deep Freeze, 1955-56, was established at this site in late December 1955.
Date Created
(see definition):
No data
Date Edited
(see definition):
No data
NOTE: The information regarding
Kainan 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
Kainan Bay information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about
Kainan Bay should be addressed to the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency.