Whether 'Bay
| Whether 'Bay | ||
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 Topographic map (1: 250,000) of the Ob 'Bay |
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| Waters | Somow lake | |
| Land mass | Victoria Land , East Antarctica | |
| Geographical location | 70 ° 35 ′ S , 163 ° 22 ′ E | |
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| width | 40 km | |
| Islands | Sputnik Islands | |
| Tributaries | Astakhov Glacier , Astapenko Glacier , Lillie Glacier , Stuhlinger-Piedmont Glacier , Chugunov Glacier , Trögergletscher , Winkler glacier | |
The Ob 'Bay ( Russian Салив Обь Saliw Ob , German ' Ob Bay ' ) is a bay on the Oates coast of the East Antarctic Victoria Land . It lies between Lunik Point and Cape Williams . The glacier tongue of the Lillie Glacier occupies the eastern part of the bay. The two Sputnik Islands are located seaward at the entrance to the bay.
It was mapped by participants in the Second Soviet Antarctic Expedition . It is named after the Soviet research ship Ob . The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names translated the Russian designation into English in 1964.
Web links
- Whether 'Bay in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Ob 'Bay on geographic.org (English)