Queen Maud Bay
| Queen Maud Bay | ||
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| Waters | South Atlantic | |
| Land mass | South Georgia | |
| Geographical location | 54 ° 14 ′ 0 ″ S , 37 ° 23 ′ 0 ″ W | |
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| width | 4 km | |
| Islands | Hammerstad Reef , Semla Reef | |
The Queen Maud Bay is a 4km wide bay on the south coast of South Georgia . It is located on the north side of the Núñez Peninsula .
It was first mapped in 1819 during the first Russian Antarctic expedition (1819–1821) under the direction of Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen . Before 1922, the bay was probably named by whalers after the Norwegian Queen Maud (1869–1938). Nearby is King Haakon Bay, named after her husband .
Web links
- Queen Maud Bay in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Queen Maud Bay on geographic.org (English)