Silverfish Bay
| Silverfish Bay | ||
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| Waters | Terra Nova Bay , Ross Sea | |
| Land mass | Victoria Land , East Antarctica | |
| Geographical location | 74 ° 37 ′ 0 ″ S , 164 ° 38 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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| Tributaries | Vacchi Piedmont Glacier | |
The Silverfish Bay (English for silverfish bay ) is a roughly triangular bay on the Scott coast of the East Antarctic Victoria Land . It is located in Terra Nova Bay . Its coastline runs from the tip of the Campbell glacier tongue over the Shield Nunatak to Oscar Point .
The New Zealand Geographic Board named it in 2006 after the eggs of the Antarctic silverfish ( Pleuragramma antarcticum ) found here in large numbers .
Web links
- Silverfish Bay in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Silverfish Bay on geographic.org (English)