Venus Bay
| Venus Bay | ||
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| Waters | Drake Street | |
| Land mass | King George Island , South Shetland Islands | |
| Geographical location | 61 ° 55 ′ 31 ″ S , 57 ° 50 ′ 33 ″ W | |
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| width | 10 km | |
The Venus Bay , a 10 km wide bay on the north coast of King George Iceland in the archipelago of the South Shetland Islands . It lies between False Round Point and Brimstone Peak .
The Scottish geologist David Ferguson (1857-1936) gave the bay the name Esther Bay after his exploration trip (1913-1914) . However, since the American sealer Esther is already namesake of neighboring geographical objects, the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee changed the name in 1960. The new namesake is the Venus , a two - masted schooner built in Woodbridge (New Jersey) in 1811 , which ran and sank on a reef in Esther Harbor on March 7, 1821 as part of the New York Sealing Expedition (1820-1821) . The crew was rescued by the escort ships Esther and Emerald .
Web links
- Venus Bay in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Venus Bay on geographic.org (English)