Relay Bay
| Relay Bay | ||
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| Waters | Robertson Bay , Somow Lake | |
| Land mass | Victoria Land , East Antarctica | |
| Geographical location | 71 ° 30 ′ 0 ″ S , 169 ° 32 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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| width | 8 kilometers | |
| Tributaries | Nielsen , Ommanney and Reusch glaciers | |
 Cape Adare map sheet from 1968, Relay Bay immediately west of the center of the map |
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The Relay Bay ( English for relay bay ) is an 8 km wide bay on the Pennell coast of East Antarctica Victoria Land . It is located between Islands Point and Penelope Point on the west side of Robertson Bay .
The by British polar explorer Victor Campbell led North group in the Terra Nova Expedition (1910-1913) visited the bay in October 4, 1911. Name factor was the fact that the violent Eisverwerfungen in the bay, caused by Nielsen , the Ommanney , Crume and Reusch glaciers , forced the team to roll through stages: after transporting part of their equipment over a certain distance, they turned around to fetch the other part.
Web links
- Relay Bay in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Relay Bay on geographic.org (English)