Bernacchi Bay
| Bernacchi Bay | ||
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 Topographic map sheet Ross Island 1: 250,000 with Bernacchi Bay |
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| Waters | McMurdo Sound | |
| Land mass | Victoria Land , East Antarctica | |
| Geographical location | 77 ° 28 ′ 0 ″ S , 163 ° 27 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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| width | 5 km | |
| Tributaries | South Stream | |
The Bernacchi Bay is a 5 km wide bay on the Scott Coast of the East Antarctic Victoria Land . It is located between Marble Point and Cape Bernacchi .
The bay was named by participants in the Terra Nova Expedition (1910-1913) led by the British polar explorer Robert Falcon Scott after the Australian physicist Louis Bernacchi , participants in the Southern Cross (1898-1900) and the Discovery expedition (1901-1904).
Web links
- Bernacchi Bay in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Bernacchi Bay on geographic.org (English)