Rybij Khvost Gulf
| Rybij Khvost Gulf | ||
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| Waters | Mawson Lake | |
| Land mass | Wilkesland , East Antarctica | |
| Geographical location | 66 ° 14 ′ 0 ″ S , 100 ° 46 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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| width | 5.5 km | |
| depth | 2.5 km | |
| Islands | Granatovaya Sopka Island | |
The Rybij Khvost Gulf ( English ; Russian Залив Рыбий Хвост Saliw Ryby Chwost , German 'Fishtail Bay ' ) is a 5.5 km wide and 2.5 km long bay in the Bunger Hills on the Knox coast of the East Antarctic Wilkesland . Your entrance is 11 km southwest of the western end of Fuller Island .
Scientists from a Soviet Antarctic expedition mapped and named it in 1956. The Antarctic Names Committee of Australia translated this name into English in 1992.
literature
- John Stewart: Antarctica - An Encyclopedia . Vol. 2, McFarland & Co., Jefferson and London 2011, ISBN 978-0-7864-3590-6 , p. 1343 (English)
Web links
- Rybij Khvost Gulf in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English)