Edgell Bay
| Edgell Bay | ||
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| Waters | Maxwell Bay | |
| Land mass | Nelson Island , South Shetland Islands | |
| Geographical location | 62 ° 16 ′ 5 ″ S , 58 ° 58 ′ 37 ″ W | |
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| width | 2.5 km | |
| depth | 2.5 km | |
The Edgell Bay is a 2.5 km wide and as long bay on the northeastern side of Nelson Iceland in the archipelago of the South Shetland Islands .
The bay is first shown on a map from 1822 by the British seal hunter George Powell . Scientists from the British Discovery Investigations re-mapped and named between 1934 and 1935. It is named after Vice Admiral John Augustine Edgell (1880–1962), hydrographer in the Royal Navy from 1932 to 1945.
Web links
- Edgell Bay in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Edgell Bay on geographic.org (English)