Wheeler Bay
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title:
Wheeler Bay
text:
Wheeler Bay is a bay at the northwest side of Edward VIII Plateau in Antarctica. It is 5.6 kilometres (3 nmi) wide, indenting the coast 3.7 kilometres (2 nmi) northwest of Magnet Bay The Bay was originally mapped by Norwegian cartographers from aerial photos taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition (1936–37). They named it Brorvika and the rocks at its entrance Brodrene. The area was remapped in 1956-57 by ANARE which renamed the bay and the rocks for G.T. Wheeler, weather observer at Mawson Sta
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description:
Body of water in Enderby Land, Antarctica
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wheeler_Bay
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date modified:
2023-08-26T02:11:00Z
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