Penguin Bay
| Penguin Bay | ||
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| Waters | Weddell Sea | |
| Land mass | Seymour Island ( Ross Islands , West Antarctica ) | |
| Geographical location | 64 ° 15 ′ 58 ″ S , 56 ° 39 ′ 0 ″ W | |
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The Penguin Bay is a bay in the east of Seymour Island off the north east coast of the Antarctic Peninsula . It lies north of the penguin cape .
Participants in the Swedish Antarctic Expedition (1901–1903) under the direction of Otto Nordenskjöld named them after the penguin colony located here.
Web links
- Penguin Bight in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Penguin Bight on geographic.org (English)