Leningradskiy Bay
| Leningradskiy Bay | ||
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| Waters | Lazarev lake | |
| Land mass | Queen Maud Land , East Antarctica | |
| Geographical location | 70 ° 0 ′ 0 ″ S , 12 ° 30 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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| Islands | Leningradskiy Island , Werbljud Island | |
The Leningradskiy Bay ( Russian Залив Ленинградзкиь Saliw Leningradski , German , Leningrad Bay ' ) is a bay in front of the Princess Astrid Coast of the East Antarctic Queen Maud Lands . It is located immediately to the west of the Lasarew Ice Shelf on the northern edge of the ice shelf belt off the coast . Leningradskiy Island is at the head of the bay.
Soviet scientists mapped it in 1959 and named it after the city of Leningrad, now Saint Petersburg . The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names translated the Russian designation into English in 1970.
Web links
- Leningradskiy Bay in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Leningradskiy Bay on geographic.org (English)