Okuma Bay
Okuma Bay is a bay located at 77°50'S 158°20'W on the Ross Ice Shelf of Antarctica at its juncture with Edward VII Peninsula. It was discovered by the British National Antarctic Expedition under Robert Falcon Scott in 1902.- Bay
- …is also known as “Bay of Seals”
- …is named after Count Okuma
- Description: bay on the Ross Ice Shelf of Antarctica
- Category: body of water
- Location: Antarctica
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Latitude
-77.78198° or 77° 46′ 55″ south
Longitude
-158.76427° or 158° 45′ 51″ west
Open location code
23J3669P+67
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OpenStreetMap feature
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Turkish—“Okuma Bay” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “大隈灣”
- French: “Baie d’Okuma”
- German: “Okuma Bay”
- Italian: “Baia di Okuma”
- Japanese: “大隈湾”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Okuma Bay”
- Swedish: “Okuma Bay”
- Turkish: “Okuma Koyu”
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