Observatory Creek

Coordinates: 62 ° 10 ′  S , 58 ° 29 ′  W

Observatory Creek​

Antarctic

The Observatory Creek ( English ; Polish Potok Obserwatoryjny , Observatoriumbach ' ) is a creek on King George Island in the archipelago of the South Shetland Islands . It is located near the Arctowski station and flows into the Arctowski Bay .

Polish scientists named it in 1980 after the geophysical observatory on the neighboring Arctowski station.

See also

• List of rivers in Antarctica

literature

• John Stewart: Antarctica - An Encyclopedia . Vol. 2, McFarland & Co., Jefferson and London 2011, ISBN 978-0-7864-3590-6 , p. 1132 (English)

Web links

• Observatory Creek in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English)
• Map of the west bank of Admiralty Bay

Observatory Creek creek bed