Holtedahl Bay
| Holtedahl Bay | ||
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| Waters | Southern ocean | |
| Land mass | Grahamland , Antarctic Peninsula | |
| Geographical location | 66 ° 7 ′ S , 65 ° 18 ′ W | |
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| width | 10 km | |
| depth | 16 km | |
| Islands | Fish Islands | |
| Tributaries | Caulfeild Glacier , Doyle Glacier , Hugi Glacier | |
The Holte Dahl Bay is a 16 km long and an average 10 km wide bay at the Graham Coast of Graham Lands on the Antarctic Peninsula . It lies between Prospect Point and Black Head .
Participants of the British Grahamland Expedition (1934–1937) discovered the bay. Expedition leader John Rymill named it after the Norwegian geologist Olaf Holtedahl (1885-1975), who had carried out studies on the South Shetland Islands and the islands of the Palmer Archipelago between 1927 and 1928 .
Web links
- Holtedahl Bay in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Holtedahl Bay on geographic.org (English)