Destruction Bay (King George Island)
| Destruction Bay | ||
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| Waters | Bransfield Street | |
| Land mass | King George Island , South Shetland Islands | |
| Geographical location | 61 ° 58 ′ 25 ″ S , 57 ° 39 ′ 15 ″ W | |
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| width | 9 km | |
| Islands | Trowbridge Island | |
| Tributaries | Moby Dick Icefall | |
The Destruction Bay (English for destruction Bay is) a 9-km wide bay on the east side of King George Iceland in the archipelago of the South Shetland Islands . It lies between Taylor Point and Cape Melville .
British Captain Richard Sherratt named the bay after his ship Lady Trowbridge here on December 25, 1820 havariert was.
Web links
- Destruction Bay in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Destruction Bay on geographic.org (English)