Ryder Bay
The Ryder Bay Islands Important Bird Area is a 520 ha designated site on the south-east coast of Adelaide Island, Antarctica. It has been identified as an Important Bird Area by BirdLife International because it supports significant numbers of breeding seabirds, notably south polar skuas.- Type: Bay
- Description: bay
- Also known as: “Ryder Bay Islands Important Bird Area”, “Ryder, bahia”, and “Ryders Bay”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Rothera Research Station.
Rothera Research Station
Hamlet
The Rothera Research Station is a British Antarctic Survey base on the Antarctic Peninsula, located at Rothera Point, Adelaide Island. Rothera also serves as the capital of the British Antarctic Territory, a British Overseas Territory.
Ryder Bay
- Category: body of water
- Location: Antarctica
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-67.56186° or 67° 33′ 43″ south
Longitude
-68.31381° or 68° 18′ 50″ west
Open location code
374HCMQP+7F
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
natural=bay
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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Satellite Map
Discover Ryder Bay from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Chinese to Swedish—“Ryder Bay” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “萊德灣”
- German: “Ryder Bay”
- Italian: “Baia di Ryder”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Ryder Bay”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Ryder Bay”
- Norwegian: “Ryder Bay”
- Spanish: “Ryder, bahía”
- Swedish: “Ryder, bahía”
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Highlights include Kirsty Island and West Lagoon Island.
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