Cumberland West Bay
| Cumberland West 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 ° 15 ′ S , 36 ° 36 ′ W | |
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| width | 4 km | |
| depth | 11 km | |
| Islands | Carlita Island | |
| Tributaries | Overflow of Montia Lake , Neumayer Glacier | |
The Cumberland West Bay (in Argentina Bahía Guardia Nacional ) is the western branch of the Cumberland Bay on the north coast of South Georgia . It extends from Larsen Point , which is 4 km wide, 11 km inland.
The bay was mapped under the name West 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 also named West Cumberland Bay . Both names have been used in parallel since then, 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 naming of the entire Cumberland Bay.
Web links
- Cumberland West Bay in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Cumberland West Bay on geographic.org (English)