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

Feature Class (see definition): Bay

Country Code (see definition): AQ (Antarctica)

Feature ID (see definition): 8656

Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 66° 34' 00" S

Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 092° 22' 00" E

Primary Latitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -66.5666667

Primary Longitude in decimal degrees (see definition): 92.3666667

Elevation (see definition): No data

Decision Year (see definition): 01/01/1962

Description (see definition): Small bay just W of McDonald Bay on the coast of Antarctica. The bay was mapped in 1955 from aerial photos taken by U.S. Navy (USN) OpHjp, 1946-47. Remapped by the Soviet expedition of 1956 and named Bukhta Lednikovaya (glacier bay), probably because of its location at the terminus of a small glacier.

Date Created (see definition): No data

Date Edited (see definition): No data

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


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