Lancing Bay
| Lancing Bay | ||
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| Waters | Scotia Lake | |
| Land mass | Coronation Island ( South Orkney Islands ) | |
| Geographical location | 60 ° 33 ′ 45 ″ S , 45 ° 59 ′ 0 ″ W | |
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The Lansing Bay is a bay on the northwest coast of Coronation Iceland in Archipelago of the South Orkney Islands . It is located west of the Pomona plateau .
The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named it in 2017. It is named after the SS Lancing , a Norwegian factory ship for whaling that operated between 1925 and 1927 in the waters of the South Orkney Islands.
Web links
- Lancing 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)