Spit Bay
| Spit Bay | ||
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 Map of Heard with Spit Bay |
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| Waters | Indian Ocean | |
| Land mass | Heard ( Heard and McDonald Islands ) | |
| Geographical location | 53 ° 6 ′ 0 ″ S , 73 ° 45 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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The Spit Bay is an open bay of the island Heard in the southern Indian Ocean . It lies between the northeast coastline and the Elephant Spit with Spit Point , the eastern branch of the island.
Its name is derived from a prominent headland ( English spit ) that forms the south and east banks of the bay. The appointment was made presumably by American sealers who here in 1855 the seal hunt pursued. The name can then also be found on British nautical charts .
Web links
- Spit Bay in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Spit Bay on geographic.org (English)