Petter Bay
Petter Bay is a bight 0.5 nautical miles south of Spence Harbor along the east coast of Coronation Island, in the South Orkney Islands. This coast was roughly charted by Captain George Powell and Captain Nathaniel Palmer in December 1821.Places of Interest
Highlights include Divide Peaks and Coffer Island.
Divide Peaks
Peak
The Divide Peaks are a series of ice-topped peaks, the highest at 640 metres, rising from the southeast end of Coronation Island and extending for 2 nautical miles in a northwesterly direction, in the South Orkney Islands. Divide Peaks is situated 2½ km west of Petter Bay.
Coffer Island
Islet
Coffer Island is a small island lying in the entrance to the bay on the east side of Matthews Island in the Robertson Islands group of the South Orkney Islands. Coffer Island is situated 3½ km southeast of Petter Bay.
Petter Bay
- Type: Cove
- Also known as: “Petter, bahia”
- Categories: bight, bay, and body of water
- Location: Antarctica
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Swedish—“Petter Bay” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “佩特灣”
- German: “Petter Bay”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Petter Bay”
- Spanish: “Petter, bahía”
- Swedish: “Petter Bay”
- Swedish: “Petter, bahía”
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