Pastorizo Bay
| Pastorizo Bay | ||
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| Waters | Erebus and Terror Golf | |
| Land mass | Vega Island ( Ross Islands , West Antarctica ) | |
| Geographical location | 63 ° 53 ′ 21 ″ S , 57 ° 17 ′ 57 ″ W | |
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| width | 3 km | |
The Pastorizo Bay ( Spanish Bahía Pastorizo ) is a 3 km wide bay on the West Antarctic Vega Island . It is located immediately west of Mahogany Bluff on the south side of the island. Your entrance is limited to the east by Cabo Domínguez .
Participants in an Argentine Antarctic expedition carried out from 1958 to 1959 named her after a member of the expedition. The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee translated this designation into English in 1964.
Web links
- Pastorizo Bay in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Pastorizo Bay on geographic.org (English)