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Heidemann Bay

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186: 151: 91:. Heidemann Bay which was gouged by glaciers is flanked by two small peninsulas which rise approximately 20 metres above sea level. Heidemann Bay is an extension of Heidemann Valley which runs in the same compass direction for a further two kilometres. Heidemann Valley is of uniform elevation and relatively flat but covered in a large number of moraine rocks and boulders. 94:
A few hundred metres from Heidemann Bay in Heidemann Valley was the site of the first soil compaction tests in the early 1980s, to determine if it was feasible to construct a dirt runway in that environment.
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is a small island lying 0.5 miles (0.8 km) southwest of the south entrance point to Heidemann Bay.
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