Stefansson Bay

Stefansson Bay

Stefansson Bay (coord|67|20|S|59|8|E|) is a bay indenting the coast for 10 miles between Law Promontory and Fold Island. Mawson of the British Australian New Zealand Antarctic Research Expedition (BANZARE) applied the name to a sweep of the coast west of Cape Wilkins which he observed on about 18 February 1931. Exploration by DI personnel on the William Scoresby, 1936, and the Lars Christensen expedition 1936-37, defined this section of the coast more accurately. It was named for Vilhjalmur Stefansson, Arctic explorer.


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