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Feature Name (see definition): Queen Maud Bay Feature Class (see definition): Bay Country Code (see definition): AQ (Antarctica) Feature ID (see definition): 12253 Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 54° 14' 00" S Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 037° 23' 00" W Primary Latitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -54.2333333 Primary Longitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -37.3833333 Elevation (see definition): No data Decision Year (see definition): 01/01/1952 Description (see definition): A V-shaped bay 2.5 mi wide at the entrance, lying immediately N of Nunez Peninsula along the S coast of South Georgia. Roughly charted in 1819 by a Russian expedition under Bellingshausen. Named prior to 1922 for Queen Maud, wife of King Haakon VII of Norway, probably by Norwegian whalers who frequented this coast. Date Created (see definition): No data Date Edited (see definition): No data NOTE: The information regarding Queen Maud 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 Queen Maud Bay information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Queen Maud Bay should be addressed to the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency.
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