Adamson Bay
| Adamson Bay | ||
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| Waters | Krok Fjord | |
| Land mass | Princess Elisabeth Land , East Antarctica | |
| Geographical location | 68 ° 38 '9 " S , 78 ° 2' 50" E | |
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The Adamson Bay is a commonly unvereiste during the Antarctic summer side bay of the Krok Fjord in Vestfoldbergen on the Ingrid Christensen Coast of the East Antarctic Princess Elisabeth country . It is west of Burton Lake and south of the Mule Peninsula .
The Antarctic Names Committee of Australia named them in 1995 after the Australian biologist Donald Argyle Adamson (1931-2002) from Macquarie University , who was active in several campaigns in the bay described here, in the Bunger Hills and in the Vestfold Mountains.
Web links
- Adamson Bay in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English)
- Map of the specially protected area ASPA # 143 "Marine Plain" (PDF) at the Australian Antarctic Data Center (description)