Polonez Cove
| Polonez Cove | ||
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| Waters | Bransfield Street | |
| Land mass | King George Island , South Shetland Islands | |
| Geographical location | 62 ° 9 '11 " S , 58 ° 7' 50" W | |
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The Polonez Cove ( Polish Zatoka Polonez , Polonaise Bay ' ) is a bay on the south coast of King George Island in the archipelago of the South Shetland Islands . It lies on the north side of the Low Head and is bounded to the north by Mazurek Point .
Participants in a Polish Antarctic expedition named it after the polonaise , the Polish national dance. The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee transferred this designation in 1985 in a partial translation into English.
Web links
- Polonez Cove in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Polonez Cove on geographic.org (English)