Tethys Bay
| Tethys Bay | ||
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 Head end of Tethys Bay |
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| Waters | Gerlache Inlet | |
| Land mass | Victoria Land , East Antarctica | |
| Geographical location | 74 ° 41 ′ 0 ″ S , 164 ° 4 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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| width | 2 km | |
| depth | 3 km | |
The Tethys Bay is a 2 km wide and 3 km long bay on the Scott Coast of the East Antarctic Victoria Land . It is located as a semi-circular bay of Gerlache Inlet in the northwest corner of Terra Nova Bay east of Mount Abbott at the foot of the Northern Foothills .
The New Zealand Antarctic Place-Names Committee named it after the Tethys Sea from the Mesozoic and older Cenozoic the Earth's history .
Web links
- Tethys Bay in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English)