Nilsen Bay
Nilsen Bay is a small bay just west of Strahan Glacier, and 18 nautical miles east-southeast of Cape Daly. Discovered in February 1931 by the British Australian New Zealand Antarctic Research Expedition under Mawson, who named it after the master of the Norwegian whaler Sir James Clark Ross which transported coal to Antarctic waters for the Discovery.Nilsen Bay
- Type: Cove
- Description: bay
- Categories: bay and body of water
- Location: Antarctica
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Swedish—“Nilsen Bay” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “尼爾森灣 (麥克羅伯特森地)”
- Chinese: “尼爾森灣”
- German: “Nilsen Bay”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Nilsen Bay”
- Swedish: “Nilsen Bay”
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