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

Feature Class (see definition): Bay

Country Code (see definition): AQ (Antarctica)

Feature ID (see definition): 8494

Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 64° 23' 00" S

Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 063° 15' 00" W

Primary Latitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -64.3833333

Primary Longitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -63.25

Elevation (see definition): No data

Decision Year (see definition): 01/01/1950

Description (see definition): Bay 7 mi long and 2 mi wide, which lies N of Gourdon Peninsula and indents the NE coast of Anvers Island, in the Palmer Archipelago. The bay was roughly charted by the German expedition under Dallmann, 1873-74. Recharted by the French Antarctic Expedition (FrAE), 1903-05, and named by Charcot for R. Admiral Boue de Lapeyrere, French Navy.

Date Created (see definition): No data

Date Edited (see definition): No data

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


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