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.