This page presents the geographical name data for Miles 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): Miles Bay
Feature Class (see definition): Bay
Country Code (see definition): AQ (Antarctica)
Feature ID (see definition): 9976
Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition):
54° 04' 00" S
Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition):
037° 39' 00" W
Primary Latitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -54.0666667
Primary Longitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -37.65
Elevation (see definition): No data
Decision Year (see definition): 01/01/1963
Description (see definition): Small bay in the S side of Ice Fjord, South Georgia. The name South Bay was given to this feature by the Scottish geologist David Ferguson during his visit to South Georgia in 1911-12. Since the same name is well established for an arm of Prince Olav Harbor 18 mi away, the UK Antarctic Place-names Committee (UK-APC) recommended in 1957 that a new name be substituted for the feature now described. Miles Bay is after the catcher Don Miles, built in 1926, which was owned by the Compania Argentina de Pesca in 1934.
Date Created (see definition): No data
Date Edited (see definition): No data