Grazzini Bay
| Grazzini Bay | ||
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| Waters | Ross Ice Shelf , Ross Sea | |
| Land mass | Ross Dependency , Antarctica | |
| Geographical location | 81 ° 8 ′ 0 ″ S , 160 ° 38 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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| width | 3 km | |
The Grazzini Bay is an icy and 3 km wide bay at the Shackleton Coast of the Antarctic Ross Dependency . It is located on the east side of the Darley Hills in the Churchill Mountains and opens to the Ross Ice Shelf .
The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named them in 2003 after Athos D. Grazzini, cartographer and toponym specialist at National Geographic Magazine from 1950 to 1970.
Web links
- Grazzini Bay in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Grazzini Bay on geographic.org (English)