Pressure Bay
Robertson Bay is a large, roughly triangular bay that indents the north coast of Victoria Land between Cape Barrow and Cape Adare. Discovered in 1841 by Captain James Clark Ross, Royal Navy, who named it for Dr. John Robertson, surgeon on HMS Terror.- Bay
- Description: bay in Antarctica
- Category: body of water
- Location: Antarctica
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Latitude
-71.41667° or 71° 25′ south
Longitude
169.33333° or 169° 20′ east
Open location code
2VWFH8MM+88
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
natural=bay
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Swedish—“Pressure Bay” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “普雷舍灣”
- German: “Pressure Bay”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Pressure Bay”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Pressure Bay”
- Norwegian: “Pressure Bay”
- Swedish: “Pressure Bay”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Terrace and Borchgrevink’s Hut.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Sphinx Rock and Mount Locke.
Antarctica: Highlights
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