Biscoe Bay

Biscoe Bay is a bay which indents the southwest coast of immediately north of , in the , . First charted by the Belgian Antarctic Expedition, 1897–99, under Adrien de Gerlache, and named by him for John Biscoe, who may have landed there in February 1832.
Wikipedia
  • Cove
  • …is also known as “Biscoe, bahia”
  • Description: bay

Biscoe Bay

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Latitude
-64.8° or 64° 48′ south
Longitude
-63.816° or 63° 48′ 58″ west
Open location code
377R652M+2H
Geo­Names ID
6625662
Wiki­data ID
Q141249

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In Other Languages

From Chinese to Swedish—“Biscoe Bay” goes by many names.
  • Chinese: “比斯科灣”
  • German: “Biscoe Bay”
  • Hebrew: “מפרץ ביסקו”
  • Italian: “Baia Biscoe”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Biscoe Bay”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Biscoe Bay”
  • Norwegian: “Biscoe Bay”
  • Spanish: “Biscoe, bahía”
  • Swedish: “Biscoe Bay”
  • Swedish: “Biscoe, bahía”

Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Biscoe Point and Hewitt Bay.

Antarctica: Highlights

Notable places include Livingston Island and Villa Las Estrellas.

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