Watt Bay
Watt Bay | ||
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Waters | Lake D'Urville | |
Land mass | George V Land , East Antarctica | |
Geographical location | 67 ° 2 ′ S , 144 ° 0 ′ E | |
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width | 26 km | |
Islands | Hodgeman Islands , Moyes Islands , Stillwell Island | |
Tributaries | Jeffryes Glacier |
The Watt Bay is an up to 26 km wide bay on the coast of the East Antarctic Georg V.-country . It is between Garnet Point and Cape De la Motte .
The bay was discovered during the Australasian Antarctic Expedition (1911-1914) under the direction of the Australian polar explorer Douglas Mawson . This named it after the Australian politician William Alexander Watt (1871-1946), from 1912 to 1913 Prime Minister of the State of Victoria .
Web links
- Watt Bay in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Watt Bay on geographic.org (English)