Walcott Bay
| Walcott Bay | ||
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| Waters | Koettlitz glacier | |
| Land mass | Royal Society Range , Victoria Land , East Antarctica | |
| Geographical location | 78 ° 14 ′ 0 ″ S , 163 ° 37 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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| Tributaries | Howchin Glacier , Walcott Glacier | |
The Walcott Bay is a large bay on the Scott Coast of the East Antarctic Victoria Land . It is located on the eastern edge of the Koettlitz Glacier between the confluence of the Walcott Glacier and the Heald Island .
Participants of the Terra Nova Expedition (1910-1913) led by the British polar explorer Robert Falcon Scott named them in connection with the glacier of the same name after Charles Walcott (1850-1927), director of the United States Geological Survey (1894-1907) and Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution (1907–1928).
Web links
- Walcott Bay in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Walcott Bay on geographic.org (English)