Church Bay
Church Bay is a bay 4.5 nautical miles wide, indenting the north coast of South Georgia between Low Rock Point and Cape North. It is separated from Schlieper Bay by the Scree Gap.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Bay
- Description: bay in South Georgia
- Also known as: “Church Bay, South Georgia”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Scree Gap.
Scree Gap
Mountain saddle
Scree Gap is a gap between Schlieper Bay and Church Bay, near the west end of South Georgia. The name is descriptive and was given by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee following surveys by the SGS in the period 1951–57.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Low Rock Point and Chaplin Head.
Low Rock Point
Locality
Low Rock Point is a point forming the west side of the entrance to Church Bay, near the west end of the north coast of South Georgia. It was charted by Discovery Investigations personnel in 1926–30, and so named because a low rock lies off the point. Low Rock Point is situated 4½ km west of Church Bay.
Chaplin Head
Locality
Undine Harbour is a small bay at the head of the embayment between Cape Paryadin and Cape Chaplin on the south coast of South Georgia. Chaplin Head is situated 8 km southwest of Church Bay.
Pyramid Point
Locality
Elsehul is a bay along the north coast of South Georgia Island in the southern Atlantic Ocean. Elsehul is approximately 0.5 miles wide, and is separated from nearby Undine Harbour by the narrow Survey Isthmus. Pyramid Point is situated 10 km west of Church Bay.
Church Bay
- Category: body of water
- Location: South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Church Bay” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Church Bay (luuk sa South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands)”
- Cebuano: “Church Bay”
- Chinese: “徹奇灣”
- French: “Church Bay”
- German: “Church Bay”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Church Bay”
- Swedish: “Church Bay (vik i Sydgeorgien och Sydsandwichöarna)”
- Swedish: “Church Bay”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Schlieper Bay and Mount Regulator.
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