Block Bay
| Block Bay | ||
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| Waters | Southern ocean | |
| Land mass | Marie Byrd Land | |
| Geographical location | 76 ° 15 ′ 0 ″ S , 146 ° 22 ′ 0 ″ W | |
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| Islands | Driscoll Island | |
| Tributaries | Balchen Glacier , Ragle Glacier | |
The Block Bay is an icy bay east of Guest Peninsula at the Saunders Coast of the West Antarctic Marie Byrd Land . The Adams Rocks are two large pinnacles that tower over the inner section of Block Bay.
The Block Bay was discovered in 1929 during the first Antarctic expedition (1928-1930) of the American polar explorer Richard Evelyn Byrd . Byrd named it after the newspaper publisher Paul Block (1877-1941), a sponsor of the research trip.
Web links
- Block Bay in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Block Bay on geographic.org (English)