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

Feature Class (see definition): Bay

Country Code (see definition): AQ (Antarctica)

Feature ID (see definition): 16804

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

Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 093° 37' 00" E

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

Primary Longitude in decimal degrees (see definition): 93.6166667

Elevation (see definition): No data

Decision Year (see definition): 01/01/1967

Description (see definition): A small bay formed between the W side of Helen Glacier Tongue and the mainland. Discovered by the Australasian Antarctic Expedition (AAE) (1911-14) under Douglas Mawson, who named it for Charles S. Wright of Scott's Terra Nova expedition (1910-13).

Date Created (see definition): No data

Date Edited (see definition): No data

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


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