South West Bay
| South West Bay | ||
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| Waters | Indian Ocean | |
| Land mass | Heard ( Heard and McDonald Islands ) | |
| Geographical location | 53 ° 3 '22 " S , 73 ° 22' 21" O | |
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| Tributaries | Vahsel glacier | |
The South West Bay ( English for southwest bay ) is an open bay on the west coast of the island of Heard in the southern Indian Ocean . It is located immediately north of Cape Gazert .
The bay appears for the first time on maps of the US seal catcher captain HC Chester from 1860. The name SW Bay can be found on a map that the Lieutenant and later Captain Washington Irving Chambers (1856-1934) made during a trip with the USS Marion to Heard Island in January 1882.
Web links
- South West Bay in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- South West Bay on geographic.org (English)