Opasnaya Bay
| Opasnaya Bay | ||
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| Waters | Cosmonaut Lake | |
| Land mass | Enderbyland , East Antarctica | |
| Geographical location | 67 ° 39 ′ 0 ″ S , 45 ° 49 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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The Opasnaya Bay ( Russian Бухта Опасная Buchta Opasnaja , German 'Dangerous Bay' ) is a bay on the coast of the East Antarctic Enderbyland . It is located immediately northeast of the Molodjoschnaja station .
Aerial photographs were taken in 1956 as part of the Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions and in 1957 during a Soviet Antarctic expedition . Participants in the latter company gave the bay its name. The Antarctic Names Committee of Australia translated this into English.
Web links
- Opasnaya Bay in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English and Spanish)