Moore Embayment
| Moore Embayment | ||
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| Waters | Ross Ice Shelf | |
| Land mass | Hillary Coast , Ross Dependency | |
| Geographical location | 78 ° 45 ′ 0 ″ S , 165 ° 0 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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The Moore embayment is a large and icy bay at the Hillary Coast of the Antarctic Ross Dependency . It lies between the Shults Peninsula and Minna Bluff on the northwest side of the Ross Ice Shelf .
Participants in the Discovery Expedition (1901-1904), led by British polar explorer Robert Falcon Scott, discovered them. It is named after Admiral Arthur Moore (1847-1943) of the Royal Navy , head of the naval association in Cape Town , South Africa , who had provided the necessary resources for the overhaul of the expedition ship RRS Discovery for its onward journey to New Zealand .
Web links
- Moore Embayment in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Moore Embayment on geographic.org (English)