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Feature Name (see definition): Curtiss Bay Feature Class (see definition): Bay Country Code (see definition): AQ (Antarctica) Feature ID (see definition): 3427 Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 64° 02' 00" S Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 060° 47' 00" W Primary Latitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -64.0333333 Primary Longitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -60.7833333 Elevation (see definition): No data Decision Year (see definition): 01/01/1965 Description (see definition): A bay about 4 mi wide, indenting the W coast of Graham Land between Cape Sterneck and Cape Andreas. The name Bahia Inutil (useless bay) appearing on a 1957 Argentine chart is considered misleading; the bay has been used as an anchorage. The bay was renamed by UK Antarctic Place-names Committee (UK-APC) in 1960 for Glenn Curtiss (1878-1930), American aeronautical engineer who pioneered seaplanes from 1911 onward. Date Created (see definition): No data Date Edited (see definition): No data NOTE: The information regarding Curtiss 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 Curtiss Bay information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Curtiss Bay should be addressed to the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency.
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