Hoek Bay
| Hoek Bay | ||
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| Waters | Dimitrov Cove | |
| Land mass | Grahamland , Antarctic Peninsula | |
| Geographical location | 65 ° 58 ′ 15 " S , 65 ° 5 ′ 30" W | |
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| width | 2.5 km | |
| depth | 3 km | |
| Tributaries | Hoek glacier | |
The Hoek Bay is a 2.5 km wide and 3 km long bay in the northwest of Velingrad Peninsula on Graham Coast of Graham Lands on the Antarctic Peninsula . It forms the western branch of Dimitrov Cove . The Hoek Glacier flows into it .
The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named it in 2016. As for the glacier, it is named after the German skiing pioneer Henry Hoek (1878–1951).
Web links
- Hoek Bay in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English)