Carlsson Bay
| Carlsson Bay | ||
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| Waters | Weddell Sea | |
| Land mass | James Ross Island ( Ross Islands , West Antarctica ) | |
| Geographical location | 64 ° 23 '2 " S , 58 ° 3' 32" W | |
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| width | 4 km | |
| Tributaries | Tait glacier | |
The Carlssonbucht (alternatively: John Carlssonbucht [sic]) is a 4 km wide bay on the southwest coast of the West Antarctic James Ross Island . It is located 5 km northwest of Cape Foster . The western boundary of the bay is the Ayekliff . To the southeast, your entrance is limited by Inoceramus Point .
It was discovered and mapped in 1903 during the Swedish Antarctic Expedition (1901–1903) under the direction of Otto Nordenskjöld . He named it after the Swedish wholesaler John Carlsson, a sponsor of the research trip. The Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey re-surveyed the bay between 1952 and 1953.
Web links
- Carlsson Bay in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Carlsson Bay on geographic.org (English)