Jabłoński Bay
| Jabłoński Bay | ||
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| Waters | Corsair Bight | |
| Land mass | King George Island , South Shetland Islands | |
| Geographical location | 61 ° 57 ′ 0 ″ S , 58 ° 21 ′ 0 ″ W | |
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The Jabłoński Bay (English for Polish Zatoka Jabłońskiego ) is a bay on the north coast of King George Island in the archipelago of the South Shetland Islands . It is a side bay of the Corsair Bight and is east of Pottinger Point .
Polish scientists named it in 1984 after the Polish ornithologist Bolesław Jabłoński, who took part in three Polish expeditions to King George Island between 1978 and 1981.
The Bolek Cove on the eastern tip of the island is named after him.
Web links
- Jablonski Bay in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English)