Ainsworth Bay
| Ainsworth Bay | ||
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| Waters | Southern ocean | |
| Land mass | George V Land , East Antarctica | |
| Geographical location | 67 ° 48 ′ 0 ″ S , 146 ° 37 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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| width | 8 kilometers | |
The Ainsworth Bay is an icy bay between Cape Bage and Cape Webb on the East Antarctic Georg V. Coast .
It was discovered during the Australasian Antarctic Expedition (1911-1914) under the direction of the Australian polar explorer Douglas Mawson . Mawson named the bay after George Frederick Ainsworth (1878-1950), meteorologist and head of the team on this expedition, which was stationed on Macquarie Island between 1911 and 1913 .
Web links
- Ainsworth Bay in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Ainsworth Bay on geographic.org (English)