Grosswald Bay
| Grosswald Bay | ||
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| Waters | Barlas Canal | |
| Land mass | Adelaide Island ( West Antarctica ) | |
| Geographical location | 67 ° 12 ′ 0 ″ S , 67 ° 48 ′ 30 ″ W | |
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| Islands | Loewe Island | |
The Grosswald Bay is a bay on the east coast of the West Antarctic Adelaide Island . It is located north of Mothes Point and south of Vinogradov Point on the Barlas Canal .
The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named it in 2017. It is named after the Russian geographer Michail Grosswald (1921–2007), one of the founders of glaciological research in Russia.
Web links
- Grosswald Bay . Entry in the database of the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee for the Antarctic Peninsula, the South Shetland and the South Orkney Islands (English)