Robertson Bay

Robertson Bay is a large, roughly triangular bay that indents the north coast of between Cape Barrow and . Discovered in 1841 by Captain James Clark Ross, Royal Navy, who named it for Dr. John Robertson, surgeon on .
Wikipedia
  • Bay
  • …is named after Dr John Robertson
  • Description: bay in Antarctica

Robertson Bay

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Latitude
-71.41667° or 71° 25′ south
Longitude
170° east
Open location code
2VWGH2M2+82
Open­Street­Map ID
node 11110883763
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­bay
Geo­Names ID
6624238
Wiki­data ID
Q1445903

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Swedish—“Robertson Bay” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “خليج روبرتسون”
  • Chinese: “羅伯特森灣”
  • Dutch: “Robertson Bay”
  • French: “baie de Robertson”
  • French: “Baie de Robertson”
  • French: “Baie Robertson”
  • German: “Robertson Bay”
  • Hungarian: “Robertson-öböl”
  • Italian: “Baia di Robertson”
  • Italian: “baia Robertson”
  • Italian: “Robertson Bay”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Robertsonbukta”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Robertson Bay”
  • Norwegian: “Robertsonbukta”
  • Polish: “Zatoka Robertsona”
  • Swedish: “Robertson Bay”

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