Road Bay
| Road Bay | ||
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| Waters | Gerlache Inlet | |
| Land mass | Victoria Land , East Antarctica | |
| Geographical location | 74 ° 41 '46 " S , 164 ° 7' 14" E | |
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| width | 150 m | |
| depth | 300 m | |
The Road Bay ( English Road Bay ) is a 150 m wide, 300 m long and m is on average 150 deep bay on the Scott Coast of the East Antarctic Victoria Land . It is located 4 km east of Tethys Bay with a southeast-northwest orientation in the immediate vicinity of the Mario Zucchelli station .
The bay was used by scientists on an Italian Antarctic expedition carried out from 1988 to 1989 as an access route to a cliff for the unloading of their ship and was named after this fact.
Web links
- Road Bay in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English)