Corinthian Bay
Corinthian Bay is a bay, which is 3 miles wide and recedes 1.5 miles, entered between Rogers Head and Saddle Point on the north coast of Heard Island in the southern Indian Ocean.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Bay
- Description: bay
- Also known as: “Corinthien Harbor” and “Whiskey Bay”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Mount Drygalski and Baudissin Glacier.
Mount Drygalski
Peak
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Mount Drygalski is an ice-free hill, 210 metres high, standing 0.7 nautical miles southeast of Atlas Cove, near the northwest end of Heard Island in the southern Indian Ocean.
Baudissin Glacier
Glacier
Baudissin Glacier is a tidewater glacier on the north side of Heard Island. in the southern Indian Ocean. Located 1 nautical mile west of Challenger Glacier, Baudissin Glacier is 1.5 nautical miles wide and flows into the western part of Corinthian Bay.
Schmidt Glacier
Glacier
Schmidt Glacier is a glacier, 0.7 nautical miles long, flowing west from Baudissin Glacier between Mount Drygalski and North West Cornice, on the west side of Heard Island in the southern Indian Ocean.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Corinth Head and Saddle Point.
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.
Saddle Point
Locality
Saddle Point is a rocky point separating Corinthian Bay and Mechanics Bay on the north coast of Heard Island in the Antarctic. The terminus of Challenger Glacier is located at the eastern side of Corinthian Bay, close west to Saddle Point.
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.
Corinthian Bay
- Category: body of water
- Location: Heard Island and McDonald Islands
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Latitude
-53.02131° or 53° 1′ 17″ southLongitude
73.44908° or 73° 26′ 57″ eastElevation
1 metre (3 feet)Open location code
3JRMXCHX+FJOpenStreetMap ID
node 2762334885OpenStreetMap feature
natural=bay
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Corinthian Bay” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Corinthian Bay”
- Chinese: “科林蒂安灣”
- Esperanto: “Korinta Golfo”
- German: “Corinthian Bay”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Corinthian Bay”
- Swedish: “Corinthian Bay”
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