Omelchenko Bay
| Omelchenko Bay | ||
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| Waters | Cook Ice Shelf and Lake D'Urville | |
| Land mass | George V Coast , East Antarctica | |
| Geographical location | 68 ° 33 '32 " S , 151 ° 27' 8" O | |
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The Omelchenko Bay ( Russian бухта Омельченко Buchta Omeltschenko ) is a bay off the East Antarctic George V coast . It is located northwest of Krichak Bay in the western section of the Cook Ice Shelf .
Russian scientists named them after Anton Lukitsch Omelchenko (1883-1932), Russian participant in the Terra Nova expedition (1910-1932) of the British polar explorer Robert Falcon Scott .
Web links
- Omel'chenko, buhta in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English)