Moore Embayment

Moore Embayment (78°45′S 165°0′E / 78.75°S 165°E / -78.75; 165) — shown on some maps as Moore Bay — is a large ice-filled embayment between Shults Peninsula and Minna Bluff, along the northwest side of the Ross Ice Shelf. Discovered and named by Captain Robert F. Scott's Discovery expedition, 1901-04. Admiral Sir Arthur Moore, Naval Commander-in-Chief at Cape Town, placed the resources of the naval dockyard at Cape Town at the disposal of the proceeded to New Zealand and the Antarctic.

 This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document "Moore Embayment" (content from the Geographic Names Information System).

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