Williams Bay (McDonald Island)

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Williams Bay
Waters Indian Ocean
Land mass McDonald Island ( Heard and McDonald Islands )
Geographical location 53 ° 2 '42 "  S , 72 ° 36' 35"  O Coordinates: 53 ° 2 '42 "  S , 72 ° 36' 35"  O
Williams Bay (Heard and McDonald Islands)
Williams Bay

The Williams Bay is a sheltered bay in the southeast of McDonald Iceland in the southern Indian Ocean .

The bay is named after the biologist Richard Williams, who caught fish and other marine animals for study purposes from board the MV Cape Pillar during a 1980 campaign of the Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions .

Web links

  • Williams Bay in the directory of the Australian Antarctic Data Center (English)