Wohlschlag Bay
| Wohlschlag Bay | ||
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| Waters | McMurdo Sound | |
| Land mass | Ross Island ( Ross Archipelago , Antarctica ) | |
| Geographical location | 77 ° 28 '43 " S , 166 ° 21' 43" E | |
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| Tributaries | Wilson Stream , Quaternary Icefall | |
The Wohlschlag Bay is a large bay between the Harrison Bluff and Cape Royds on west side of the Antarctic Ross Island .
It was first mapped by participants in the Discovery Expedition (1901-1904) under the direction of the British polar explorer Robert Falcon Scott . However, it was only named in 1964 by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names after Donald E. Wohlschlag, a biologist at Stanford University , who had equipped the laboratories on board the research vessel USNS Eltanin and on the McMurdo station .
Web links
- Wohlschlag Bay in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Wohlschlag Bay on geographic.org (English)