Atka Bay
| Atka Bay | ||
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 The supply ship Polarstern in Atka Bay |
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| Waters | Southern ocean | |
| Land mass | Ekström Ice Shelf | |
| Geographical location | 70 ° 35 ′ S , 7 ° 51 ′ W | |
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| width | 16 km | |
| depth | 16 km | |
The Atka Bay ( English Atka Iceport ) is a 16 km long and equally wide ice port in the Antarctic . It marks a more or less permanent depression in the front of the Ekström Ice Shelf on the Princess Martha coast of Queen Maud Land in East Antarctica .
The Atka Bay was recorded in detail by Norwegian cartographers, through aerial photographs and surveys of the Norwegian-British-Swedish Antarctic Expedition (1949-1952). It was named after the USS Atka , which anchored there in February 1955. These should investigate possible locations for ground stations for operations in the International Geophysical Year .
The Neumayer Station III is located on the Atka Bay on the 200 meter-thick Ekström Ice Shelf, a few kilometers south of the detached Neumayer Station II .
Web links
- AtkaXpress , Alfred Wegener Institute
- Webcam recordings from Atka Bay
- Atka Iceport in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Atka Iceport on geographic.org (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ DB mobil, issue 11, 2008