West Bay
West Bay is a bay in Heard Island and McDonald Islands. West Bay is situated nearby to the locality Mangoro Head, as well as near Windy City.Places of Interest
Highlights include Mount Aubert de la Rue and Mount Andree.
Mount Aubert de la Rue
Peak
Mount Aubert de la Rue is an ice-free hill, 125 metres high, standing at the south end and surmounting the low Fidelia Isthmus that connects Laurens Peninsula with the main mass of Heard Island.
Mount Andree
Peak
Mount Andree is an ice-free hill, 140 m, surmounting the small headland between Cave and West Bays on the west side of Heard Island. First charted and named by Edgar Aubert de la Rue, French geologist aboard the whale humper Kildalkey, who with his wife Andree undertook geological investigations along the north and west sides of the island in January 1929.
Mount Olsen
Peak
Mount Olsen is a snow-covered peak standing 0.2 nautical miles east of Hayter Peak on Laurens Peninsula, in the northwest part of Heard Island. The feature appears to have been roughly charted on an 1860 sketch map compiled by Captain H.C.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Erratic Point and Corinth Head.
Erratic Point
Locality
Erratic Point is a small, moss-covered point at the head of South West Bay, 1.3 nautical miles northeast of Cape Gazert, on the west side of Heard Island in the southern Indian Ocean.
Corinth Head
Locality
Corinth Head is a rocky headland 0.5 nautical miles southeast of Rogers Head, overlooking the west side of Corinthian Bay, on the north side of Heard Island.
Rogers Head
Locality
Rogers Head is a conspicuous headland marking the north extremity of the peninsula between Atlas Cove and Corinthian Bay on the north coast of Heard Island.
West Bay
- Type: Bay
- Category: body of water
- Location: Heard Island and McDonald Islands
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-53.02518° or 53° 1′ 31″ southLongitude
73.36515° or 73° 21′ 55″ eastOpen location code
3JRMX9F8+W3OpenStreetMap ID
node 2855510780OpenStreetMap feature
natural=bayGeoNames ID
1547268
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