Table Bay (Elephant Island)
| Table Bay | ||
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| Waters | Drake Street | |
| Land mass | Elephant Island , South Shetland Islands | |
| Geographical location | 61 ° 9 '0 " S , 55 ° 22' 59" W | |
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 Map of Elephant Island with Table Bay |
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The Table Bay (in the UK Mensa Bay , straddling translated Table Bay ) is a bay on the west coast of Elephant Iceland in the archipelago of the South Shetland Islands . It is the largest bay on the island and is located south of Cape Lindsey .
Their name probably goes back to seal hunters who first operated in these waters around 1822. The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee decided in 1949 to modify this name in Latin in order to avoid confusion with Table Bay in South Africa.
Web links
- Table Bay in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Table Bay on geographic.org (English)