Cumberland East Bay
| Cumberland East Bay | ||
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 The Cumberland Bay with its branches ( from left to right ) Cumberland East Bay, Moraine Fjord and Cumberland West Bay |
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| Waters | Cumberland Bay | |
| Land mass | South Georgia | |
| Geographical location | 54 ° 18 ′ S , 36 ° 25 ′ W | |
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| width | 5 km | |
| depth | 13 km | |
| Islands | MacMahon Rock , Saber Rock | |
| Tributaries | Nordenskjöld Glacier , Penguin River | |
The Cumberland East Bay is the eastern branch of the Cumberland Bay on the north coast of South Georgia . It extends from Sappho Point , where its width is 5 km, 13 km inland in a southeast direction. The Nordenskjöld glacier flows into the head of the bay .
The bay was mapped under the name South Bay during the Swedish Antarctic Expedition (1901-1903) under the direction of Otto Nordenskjöld . After another survey by participants in the British Discovery Investigations between 1926 and 1929, it was given the topographically more correct name East Cumberland Bay . At the same time, the shortened form East Bay was also in use until the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee decided in 1955 to change the name to the current form in order to take into account the topographical name of the entire Cumberland Bay and a confusion with the East Bay Avoid in Prince Olav Harbor .
Web links
- Cumberland East Bay in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Cumberland East Bay on geographic.org (English)