New Plymouth (bay)
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 Map of the Byers Peninsula ( Livingston Island ) with Rugged Island (left) and New Plymouth |
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| Waters | Drake Street | |
| Land mass | Livingston Island and Rugged Island ( South Shetland Islands ) | |
| Geographical location | 62 ° 37 ′ 5 ″ S , 61 ° 11 ′ 5 ″ W | |
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| Islands | Astor Island , Stewart Stacks | |
New Plymouth is a bay with extensive coastline on the west coast of Livingston Island in the archipelago of the South Shetland Islands . It lies south of Start Point and is bounded to the west by Rugged Island .
The name of the bay had been known to seal hunters since at least 1822 and is derived from the British city of Plymouth .
Web links
- New Plymouth in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- New Plymouth on geographic.org (English)