Telefon Bay
Telefon Bay is a small bay on the north-west coast of Port Foster, Deception Island, in the South Shetland Islands of Antarctica. It is surmounted by Telefon Ridge.Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Cove
- Description: South Shetland Islands bay
- Also known as: “Telefon, bahia”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Achala, Mount and Cross Hill.
Achala, Mount
Peak
Mount Achala is a peak rising to 680 m at the north end of Telefon Ridge, Deception Island, in the South Shetland Islands. It was named by the Argentine Antarctic Expedition in 1956, after a mountain in Argentina.
Cross Hill
Peak
Cross Hill is a hill of 525 feet on Deception Island in the South Shetland Islands. The hill stands on the west side of the island, to the southwest of Telefon Bay.
Goddard Hill
Peak
Bynon Hill is an ice-covered, dome-shaped hill with two rounded summits, 340 metres high, standing 1.5 nautical miles north of Pendulum Cove, Deception Island, in the South Shetland Islands. The name appears on an Argentine government chart of 1953. Goddard Hill is situated 3½ km east of Telefon Bay.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Aguirre Cerda Research Station.
Aguirre Cerda Research Station
Locality
Photo: Jorval, Public domain.
President Pedro Aguirre Cerda Station was a Chilean Antarctic base, located at Pendulum Cove in Deception Island in the South Shetland Islands, inaugurated in 1955. Aguirre Cerda Research Station is situated 3½ km east of Telefon Bay.
Telefon Bay
- Categories: bay and body of water
- Location: Antarctica
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Satellite Map
Discover Telefon Bay from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Chinese to Swedish—“Telefon Bay” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “泰莱丰湾”
- German: “Telefon Bay”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Telefon Bay”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Telefon Bay”
- Norwegian: “Telefon Bay”
- Polish: “Telefon Bay”
- Spanish: “Bahía Telefon”
- Spanish: “Telefon, bahía”
- Spanish: “Teléfono, Bahía”
- Swedish: “Telefon Bay”
- Swedish: “Telefon, bahía”
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Highlights include Oscar Lakes and Pisagua Hill.
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