Twilight Bay

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Twilight Bay
Waters Cooperation lake
Land mass Mac Robertson Land , East Antarctica
Geographical location 68 ° 32 ′ 0 ″  S , 69 ° 48 ′ 0 ″  E Coordinates: 68 ° 32 ′ 0 ″  S , 69 ° 48 ′ 0 ″  E
Twilight Bay (Antarctica)
Twilight Bay

The Twilight Bay (English for twilight bay ) is a small bay on the coast of the East Antarctic Mac Robertson Lands . It is an indentation in the western foothills of the Amery Ice Shelf .

Aerial photos of the bay were taken in 1956 by the Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions (ANARE). ANARE scientists determined its geographical position in February 1968. It is named after the fact that it was measured at dusk .

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