Terra Nova Bay
| Terra Nova Bay | ||
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 Topographic map sheet Mount Melbourne 1: 250,000 |
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| Waters | Ross Sea | |
| Land mass | Victoria Land , East Antarctica | |
| Geographical location | 74 ° 50 ′ S , 164 ° 30 ′ E | |
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| width | approx. 64 km | |
| Islands | Il Faraglione , Inexpressible Island , Markham Island | |
| Tributaries | Amorphous Glacier , Campbell Glacier | |
 Mario Zucchelli Station on Terra Nova Bay |
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Terra Nova Bay ( English for Terra Nova Bay ) is an approximately 64 km long bay of the Ross Sea on the Scott coast of the East Antarctic Victoria Land .
The often ice-free bay is located between Cape Washington and the Drygalski ice tongue . The Mario Zucchelli Station (formerly Terra Nova Bay Station ), an Italian Antarctic research station , has been located on the bay since 1985 . Another station on the bay is the German Gondwana station , which has existed since 1983 . In the bay is the uninhabited island of Inexpressible Island .
The bay was named after Robert Falcon Scott , the leader of the Discovery Expedition , which ran from 1901 to 1904 and named it after the Terra Nova , one of the expedition's two rescue ships.
Web links
- Terra Nova Bay in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Terra Nova Bay on geographic.org (English)