Scotia Bay
Scotia Bay is a bay 4 km wide, lying immediately east of Mossman Peninsula on the south side of Laurie Island, in the South Orkney Islands of Antarctica.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Bay
- Description: bay in Antarctica
- Also known as: “Scotia, bahia”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Mount Ramsay.
Mount Ramsay
Peak
Mount Ramsay is a peak, 475 m, standing at the west side of Uruguay Cove on the north coast of Laurie Island, in the South Orkney Islands. Charted by the Scottish National Antarctic Expedition under Bruce, 1902–04, and named for Allan Ramsay, chief engineer of the expedition ship Scotia, who died on August 6, 1903, and was buried at the foot of the peak.
Scotia Bay
- Category: body of water
- Location: Antarctica
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Latitude
-60.73877° or 60° 44′ 20″ southLongitude
-44.7315° or 44° 43′ 53″ westElevation
10 metres (33 feet)Open location code
38FQ7769+FCOpenStreetMap ID
node 6579492678OpenStreetMap feature
natural=bay
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Swedish—“Scotia Bay” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “斯科舍灣”
- German: “Scotia Bay”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Scotia Bay”
- Spanish: “Bahia Scotia”
- Spanish: “Bahía Scotia”
- Spanish: “Scotia, bahía”
- Swedish: “Scotia, bahía”
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