Ricke Bay
| Ricke Bay | ||
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| Waters | Southern ocean | |
| Land mass | Anvers Island , Palmer Archipelago | |
| Geographical location | 64 ° 19 ′ 0 ″ S , 63 ° 40 ′ 0 ″ W | |
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The Ricke Bay (English; Spanish Bahía Ricke , in Argentina Bahía Esquivel ) is a bay on the northwest coast of Anvers Island in the Palmer Archipelago off the west coast of the Antarctic Peninsula . It is located 1.5 km southwest of Cape Greenland .
It is named after Arturo Ricke-Schwerter, head of the 21st Chilean Antarctic Expedition (1967–1968).
Web links
- Ricke, Bahía in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English and Spanish)