Moon Bay
| Moon Bay | ||
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 View from the Huron Glacier over Moon Bay to Half Moon Island and the island of Greenwich Island beyond |
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| Waters | McFarlane Strait | |
| Land mass | Livingston Island , South Shetland Islands | |
| Geographical location | 62 ° 35 ′ S , 60 ° 0 ′ W | |
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| width | 11 km | |
| depth | 6 km | |
| Tributaries | Debelt Glacier , Huron Glacier , Iskar Glacier , Kaliakra Glacier , Panega Glacier , Sopot Piedmont Glacier , Struma Glacier | |
The Moon Bay is an 11 km wide and 6 km long bay on the east side of Livingston Island in the archipelago of the South Shetland Islands . It lies between Edinburgh Hill and Renier Point .
The bay was known as Maggy's Cove to the first seal hunters to operate in the waters around the South Shetland Islands since at least 1821 . Scientists from the British Discovery Investigations carried out measurements of the bay in 1935 and named it after the name of the nearby island Half Moon Island .
Web links
- Moon Bay in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Moon Bay on geographic.org (English)