Bay of Winds
| Bay of Winds | ||
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| Waters | Mawson Lake | |
| Land mass | Queen Marie Land , East Antarctica | |
| Geographical location | 66 ° 30 ′ 0 ″ S , 97 ° 35 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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| Islands | Alligator Island | |
The Bay of Winds ( English for bay of the winds ) is a bay on the coast of the East Antarctic Queen Marie Land . It is between Cape Dovers and the Avalanche Rocks .
It was discovered by the team from the West Base of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition (1911-1914) under the direction of the Australian polar explorer Douglas Mawson . Mawson named it after the almost constant prevailing winds that blow from the polar plateau into the bay.
Web links
- Bay of Winds in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Bay of Winds on geographic.org (English)