Ample Bay
| Ample Bay | ||
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| Waters | Bay of Isles | |
| Land mass | South Georgia | |
| Geographical location | 54 ° 3 '28 " S , 37 ° 22' 38" W | |
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| width | 2.9 km | |
| Islands | Ample Rock | |
| Tributaries | Grace Glacier | |
The Ample Bay ( English for Spacious Bay ) is a 2.9 km wide bay on the north coast of South Georgia . The confluence of the Grace Glacier at the head end is a striking feature . It is located 3 km east of Sunset Fjord in the southwest part of the Bay of Isles .
Robert Cushman Murphy sketched the bay during his visit to South Georgia (1912–1913) aboard the brig Daisy . Scientists from the British Discovery Investigations mapped it between 1929 and 1930 and gave it a descriptive name.
Web links
- Ample Bay in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Ample Bay on geographic.org (English)