Posadowsky Bay

Posadowsky Bay is an open embayment in the vicinity of , just east of the West Ice Shelf. Discovered in February 1902 by German Antarctic Expedition under Erich von Drygalski, who named it for Count Arthur von Posadowsky-Wehner, Imperial Home Secretary, who secured a government grant to cover the cost of the Drygalski expedition.
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Posadowsky Bay

Latitude
-66.78333° or 66° 47′ south
Longitude
89.45° or 89° 27′ east
Open location code
3M5F6C8X+MX
Geo­Names ID
6623506
Wiki­data ID
Q281803
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In Other Languages

From Bulgarian to Swedish—“Posadowsky Bay” goes by many names.
  • Bulgarian: Посадовски (залив)
  • Bulgarian: Посадовски
  • Chinese: 波薩多夫斯基灣
  • German: Posadowskybai
  • Italian: Baia di Posadowsky
  • Latvian: Posadovska līcis
  • Latvian: Posadowsky
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Posadowsky Bay
  • Swedish: Posadowsky Bay

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Highlights include Posadowsky Glacier and Lewald, Kap.

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