Posadowsky Bay
Posadowsky Bay is an open embayment in the vicinity of Gaussberg, 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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Posadowsky Bay
- Type: Cove
- Description: bay
- Categories: bay and body of water
- Location: Antarctica
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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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