Lazarev Bay
| Lazarev Bay | ||
|---|---|---|
| Waters | Bellingshausen lake | |
| Land mass | Alexander I Island , West Antarctica | |
| Geographical location | 69 ° 20 ′ S , 72 ° 0 ′ W | |
|
||
| width | 21 km | |
| depth | 24 km | |
| Islands | Dint Island , Glinka Islands , Stoltz Island , Umber Island | |
| Tributaries | Iliew Glacier , Lennon Glacier , Manolow Glacier , Narechen Glacier , Osselna Glacier , Palestrina Glacier , Pipkow Glacier , Siegfried Glacier , Wubbold Glacier | |
The Lazarev Bay is a bay between Alexander Island and the Rothschild Island , which is bounded on the south side of the ice shelf between two islands.
Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen sighted the north coast of Alexander I Island in 1821 during the first Russian Antarctic expedition (1819-1821). Aerial photographs that were taken during the Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition (1947-1948) under the direction of the American polar explorer Finn Ronne were used by the British geographer Derek Searle of the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey in 1960 for mapping. The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named the bay after Mikhail Petrovich Lasarew (1788-1851), commander of the frigate Mirny in Bellingshausen's expedition.
Web links
- Lazarev Bay in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Lazarev Bay on geographic.org (English)