Firth of Tay (Antarctica)
| Firth of Tay | ||
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| Connects waters | Weddell Sea | |
| with water | Active-Sound | |
| Separates land mass | Dundee Island ( Joinville Islands , West Antarctica ) | |
| of land mass | Joinville Island (Joinville Islands, West Antarctica) | |
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| Geographical location | 63 ° 22 ′ S , 55 ° 44 ′ W | |
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| length | 19 km | |
The Firth of Tay is a sound located in a northwest-southeast direction between the northeast side of Dundee Island and the eastern part of Joinville Island on the northeast tip of the Antarctic Peninsula . In the northwest it meets the Active Sound , which completes the separation of the two islands.
He was discovered by Thomas Robertson, skipper on the Dundee Whaling Expedition (1892-1893). Robertson named the sound after the river of the same name in Scotland .
Web links
- Firth of Tay in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Firth of Tay on geographic.org (English)