Discovery Bay (Antarctica)

Location of Greenwich Island in the South Shetland Islands.

Discovery Bay is a bay 4.8 kilometres (3.0 mi) long and 3.2 kilometres (2.0 mi) wide, indenting the northeast side of Greenwich Island, in the South Shetland Islands. This bay has been known to sealers in the area since about 1821. It was charted and named during 1935 by DI personnel on the Discovery II.

Map

• L.L. Ivanov. Antarctica: Livingston Island and Greenwich, Robert, Snow and Smith Islands. Scale 1:120000 topographic map. Troyan: Manfred Wörner Foundation, 2009. ISBN 978-954-92032-6-4

Coordinates: 62°29′S 59°43′W / 62.483°S 59.717°W / -62.483; -59.717  This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document "Discovery Bay (Antarctica)" (content from the Geographic Names Information System).

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