Feature Name (see definition): Lazarev Bay

Feature Class (see definition): Bay

Country Code (see definition): AQ (Antarctica)

Feature ID (see definition): 8626

Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 69° 20' 00" S

Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 072° 00' 00" W

Primary Latitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -69.3333333

Primary Longitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -72

Elevation (see definition): No data

Decision Year (see definition): 01/01/1961

Description (see definition): Rectangular bay, 15 mi long and 13 mi wide, between Alexander Island and Rothschild Island and bounded on the S by ice shelf joining the two islands. The N coast of Alexander Island was first seen from a great distance by the Russian expedition of 1821 under Bellingshausen. The bay was first mapped from air photos taken by the Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition (RARE), 1947-48, by Searle of the Falklands Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) in 1960. Named by the UK Antarctic Place-names Committee (UK-APC) for Lieutenant Mikhail P. Lazarev (1788-1851), second-in-command of the Russian expedition and commander of the sloop Mirnyy.

Date Created (see definition): No data

Date Edited (see definition): No data