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

Feature Class (see definition): Bay

Country Code (see definition): AQ (Antarctica)

Feature ID (see definition): 13103

Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 68° 24' 00" S

Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 067° 05' 00" W

Primary Latitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -68.4

Primary Longitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -67.0833333

Elevation (see definition): No data

Decision Year (see definition): 01/01/1955

Description (see definition): Bay, 9 mi wide at its mouth and indenting 5 mi, entered between Red Rock Ridge and Bertrand Ice Piedmont along the W coast of Graham Land. Probably first seen from a distance by the French Antarctic Expedition (FrAE) under Charcot in 1909. The bay was first surveyed in 1936 by the British Graham Land Expedition (BGLE), and was resurveyed in 1948 by the Falklands Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS). The name, proposed by members of the British Graham Land Expedition (BGLE), is for John R. Rymill, Australian leader of the British Graham Land Expedition (BGLE), 1934-37.

Date Created (see definition): No data

Date Edited (see definition): No data

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


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