Byrdbukta
| Byrdbukta | ||
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| Waters | Lazarev Lake ( Southern Ocean ) | |
| Land mass | Queen Maud Land ( East Antarctica ) | |
| Geographical location | 69 ° 45 ′ 0 ″ S , 1 ° 10 ′ 0 ″ W | |
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The Byrdbukta ( Norwegian ) is an ice harbor on the Princess Martha coast of the East Antarctic Queen Maud Land . The bay is on the west side of the Trolltunga .
Scientists at the Norwegian Polar Institute named it after the American polar explorer Richard Evelyn Byrd (1888–1957).
Web links
- Byrdbukta in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English)
- Byrdbukta in the Norwegian Polar Institute directory