North Bay (Ross Island)
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 Map of Ross Island with North Bay (left) |
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| Waters | McMurdo Sound | |
| Land mass | Ross Island ( Ross Archipelago , Antarctica ) | |
| Geographical location | 77 ° 38 ′ 0 ″ S , 166 ° 23 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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The North Bay ( English for North Bay ) is a small bay on the west coast of the Antarctic Ross Island . It is located on the north side of Cape Evans .
Participants of the Terra Nova Expedition (1910-1913) led by the British polar explorer Robert Falcon Scott , whose base camp was on Cape Evans, gave it its descriptive name.
Web links
- North Bay in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- North Bay on geographic.org