Norvegia Bay
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 Norwegian map of Peter I Øy with the Norvegiabukta (top left) |
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| Waters | Bellingshausen lake | |
| Land mass | Peter I Island , West Antarctica | |
| Geographical location | 68 ° 45 ′ 0 ″ S , 90 ° 42 ′ 0 ″ W | |
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| Tributaries | Nils Larsen Glacier | |
The Norvegia Bay ( Norwegian Norvegiabukta ) is a bay on the Lazarew coast of the West Antarctic Peter I Island . It is located north of Cape Ingrid .
The bay was discovered and named in February 1929. It is named after the ship Norvegia , on whose second Antarctic voyage (1928–1929) financed by the Norwegian whaling entrepreneur Lars Christensen , the crew mapped Peter I Island and carried out depth sounding and dredge work off the coast .
Web links
- Norvegia Bay in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Norvegia Bay on geographic.org (English)