Argentina Bay
| Argentina Bay | ||
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 View over the Argentina Bay to the Polish Bluff |
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| Waters | South Bay , Bransfield Street | |
| Land mass | Livingston Island , South Shetland Islands | |
| Geographical location | 62 ° 40 ′ 11 ″ S , 60 ° 24 ′ 21 ″ W | |
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| Tributaries | Argentina glacier | |
The Argentina Bay ( Spanish Caleta Argentina , English Argentina Cove ) is a side bay of the South Bay on the south coast of Livingston Island in the archipelago of the South Shetland Islands . It is located in the eastern part of South Bay between Henry Bluff and Polish Bluff .
The name of the bay goes back to participants in a Spanish Antarctic expedition in 1995. Name giver is the South American state Argentina .
literature
- John Stewart: Antarctica - An Encyclopedia . Vol. 1, McFarland & Co., Jefferson and London 2011, ISBN 978-0-7864-3590-6 , p. 74 (English)
Web links
- Argentina Cove in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English)