Novosilsky Bay
| Novosilsky Bay | ||
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| Waters | South Atlantic | |
| Land mass | South Georgia | |
| Geographical location | 54 ° 39 ′ 16 ″ S , 36 ° 21 ′ 45 ″ W | |
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| width | 3 km | |
| Islands | Jonassen Rocks , Nilsen Island | |
| Tributaries | Novosilski Glacier | |
The Nowosilski Bay is a 3-km wide bay on the south coast of South Georgia . It is located immediately south of Mount Fraser .
The bay was discovered and named Saliw Novosilskowo ( Russian Залив Новосильского ) in 1819 during the first Russian Antarctic expedition (1819-1821) under the direction of Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen . It is named after Lieutenant Pawel M. Nowosilski, an officer of the Mirny under Captain Mikhail Lasarew on this research trip.
Web links
- Novosilski Bay in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Novosilski Bay on geographic.org (English)