South Bay
South Bay is a 1.7 km wide bay indenting for 2.8 km between Cape Kemp and Py Point on the south-west coast of Doumer Island in the Palmer Archipelago of Antarctica.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Cove
- Description: cove on Doumer Island in the Palmer Archipelago, Antarctica
- Also known as: “ASPA-146”, “Faro, bahia del”, and “South Bay, Doumer Island, Palmer Archipelago”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Yelcho Base and Stokes Hill.
Yelcho Base
Dwelling
Yelcho Base is a Chilean Antarctic research base. It is located on the shore of the South Bay, Doumer Island. The station was built in 1962 by the Chilean Army and was given to the INACH in 1980.
Stokes Hill
Peak
Stokes Hill is a small but prominent rocky peak, 270 m, lying 1 nautical mile southeast of Doumer Hill on Doumer Island, in the Palmer Archipelago. First charted by the French Antarctic Expedition under Charcot, 1903–05.
Doumer Hill
Peak
Doumer Hill is a snow-covered pyramidal hill, 515 metres high, forming the summit of Doumer Island in the Palmer Archipelago. It was first charted by the French Antarctic Expedition, 1903–05, under Jean-Baptiste Charcot, and was named in 1958 by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee, in association with Doumer Island.
South Bay
- Categories: cove, protected area, bay, and body of water
- Location: Antarctica
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Swedish—“South Bay” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “南灣”
- German: “South Bay”
- Italian: “South Bay (Isola Doumer)”
- Italian: “South Bay”
- Latvian: “Sautbejs”
- Latvian: “South Bay”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “South Bay på Doumer Island”
- Spanish: “Faro, bahía del”
- Spanish: “South, Bahía”
- Swedish: “Faro, bahía del”
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