Robertson Bay
| Robertson Bay | ||
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 Robertson Bay (center left) west of the Adare Peninsula |
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| Waters | Somow lake | |
| Land mass | Victoria Land , East Antarctica | |
| Geographical location | 71 ° 25 ′ S , 170 ° 0 ′ E | |
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| width | 35 km | |
| Islands | Boulder Rock , Flat Island , Duke of York Island , Spinx Rock | |
| Tributaries | Dugdale Glacier , Egeberg Glacier , Murray Glacier , Scott Keltie Glacier , Warning Glacier | |
The Robertson Bay is a large bay between the western Adare Peninsula and the Pennell Coast of the East Antarctic Victoria Land . Your entrance is limited to the east by Cape Adare and to the west by Cape Barrow .
It was discovered in 1841 by the British polar explorer James Clark Ross during his Antarctic expedition (1839–1843). Ross named the bay after John Robertson, a surgeon on the research vessel HMS Terror .
Web links
- Robertson Bay in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Robertson Bay on geographic.org (English)