Borge Bay
| Borge Bay | ||
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| Waters | Orwell Bight | |
| Land mass | Signy Island , South Orkney Islands | |
| Geographical location | 60 ° 42 ′ 0 ″ S , 45 ° 36 ′ 0 ″ W | |
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| Islands | Balin Rocks , Bare Rock , Billie Rocks , Cam Rock , Small Rock , Thule Islands | |
The Borge Bay is a small bay on the east coast of Signy Iceland in the archipelago of the South Orkney Islands . It is located between Balin Point and Berntsen Point .
It was mapped in 1912 by the Norwegian whaling captain Petter Sørlle . Sørlles compatriot Hans Engelbert Borge (1873-1946), captain of the whaler Polynesia , who in 1913 re- charted the bay, gave its name.
Web links
- Borge Bay in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Borge Bay on geographic.org (English)