Alasheev Bay
| Alasheev Bay | ||
|---|---|---|
| Waters | Cosmonaut Lake | |
| Land mass | Enderbyland , East Antarctica | |
| Geographical location | 67 ° 30 ′ 0 ″ S , 45 ° 40 ′ 0 ″ E | |
|
||
| Islands | Ostrov Karpejkina , McMahon Islands , Myall Islands | |
The Alaschejewbucht ( Russian Залив Алашеева Saliw Alaschejewa ) is a bay in the western part of the coast of the East Antarctic Enderbylands .
Aerial photos of the bay were taken in 1956 as part of the Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions . It was mapped during the Third Soviet Antarctic Expedition (1957–1959). It is named after the Russian hydrographer Dmitri Alaschejew (1908–1953).
Web links
- Alasheyev Bight in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Alasheyev Bight on geographic.org (English)