Kurzyński Bay
| Kurzyński Bay | ||
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| Waters | Corsair Bight | |
| Land mass | King George Island , South Shetland Islands | |
| Geographical location | 61 ° 58 ′ 0 ″ S , 58 ° 14 ′ 0 ″ W | |
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| Tributaries | Eldred Glacier | |
The Kurzyński Bay (English for Polish Zatoka Kurzyńskiego ) 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 on the front of the Eldred Glacier .
Polish scientists named it in 1984 after the Polish helicopter pilot Wojciech Kurzyński, who was on two Polish Antarctic expeditions (1978–1979 and 1980–1981).
Web links
- Kurzynski Bay in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English)