Morsa Bay

Morsa Bay

Morsa Bay (54°3′S 37°44′W / 54.05°S 37.733°W / -54.05; -37.733) is a small bay 2.5 nautical miles (4.6 km) east of Weddell Point, indenting the north side of Ice Fjord along the south coast of South Georgia. Surveyed by the SGS in the period 1951-57, and named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) for the catcher Morsa, which was built in 1929, and later owned by the Compania Argentina de Pesca, Grytviken.

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



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