Neptunes Bellows
Neptune's Bellows is a channel on the southeast side of Deception Island forming the entrance to Port Foster, in the South Shetland Islands. The name, after the Roman sea god Neptune, was appended by American sealers prior to 1822 because of the strong gusts experienced in this narrow channel.Photo: W. Bulach, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Photo: Jorval, Public domain.
- Type: Cove
- Description: strait of the South Shetland Islands
- Also known as: “Neptune’s Bellows”
Photo: W. Bulach, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Cathedral Crags and Ravn Rock.
Cathedral Crags
Peak
Cathedral Crags is a rocky, ice-free hill with steeply cliffed sides, 140 metres high, surmounting the peninsula between Neptune's Window and Fildes Point on the southeast side of Deception Island, in the South Shetland Islands.
Ravn Rock
Ravn Rock is a submerged rock lying in the center of Neptunes Bellows, the entrance to Port Foster, Deception Island, in the South Shetland Islands. Charted by the French Antarctic Expedition under Charcot, 1908–10.Neptunes Window
Mountain saddle
Photo: Godot13, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Neptune's Window is a narrow gap between two rock pillars, situated close east of Whalers Bay on the southeast side of Deception Island, in the South Shetland Islands.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Aguirre Cerda Research Station.
Aguirre Cerda Research Station
Locality
Photo: Jorval, Public domain.
President Pedro Aguirre Cerda Station was a Chilean Antarctic base, located at Pendulum Cove in Deception Island in the South Shetland Islands, inaugurated in 1955. Aguirre Cerda Research Station is situated 7 km north of Neptunes Bellows.
Neptunes Bellows
- Categories: bay and body of water
- Location: Antarctica
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Swedish—“Neptunes Bellows” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “涅普頓风箱”
- Esperanto: “Neptunmuĝa Akvovojo”
- German: “Neptunes Bellows”
- German: “Neptuns Blasebalg”
- Italian: “Neptune’s Bellows”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Neptune’s Bellows”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Neptune’s Bellows”
- Norwegian: “Neptune’s Bellows”
- Polish: “Neptunes Bellows”
- Spanish: “Fuelles de Neptuno, pasaje”
- Spanish: “Fuelles de Neptuno, Paso”
- Spanish: “Fuelles de Neptuno”
- Spanish: “Pasaje Fuelles de Neptuno”
- Swedish: “Fuelles de Neptuno, pasaje”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Fildes Point and Ravn Rock.
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