Turks Head Bay
Erebus Bay is a bay about 13 nautical miles wide between Cape Evans and Hut Point Peninsula, on the west side of Ross Island, Antarctica.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Grazyna Bluff.
Grazyna Bluff
Cliff
Mount Erebus is the southernmost active volcano on Earth, located on Ross Island in the Ross Dependency in Antarctica. With a summit elevation of 3,792 metres, it is the second most prominent mountain in Antarctica and the second-highest volcano in Antarctica.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Pakaru Icefalls and World Park Base.
Pakaru Icefalls
Locality
Cape Evans is a rocky cape on the west side of Ross Island, Antarctica, forming the north side of the entrance to Erebus Bay.
World Park Base
Locality
World Park Base was a non-governmental year-round Antarctic base located at Cape Evans on Ross Island in the Ross Dependency. It was the only non-government Antarctic base.
Turks Head Bay
- Type: Bay
- Description: bay in Antarctica
- Category: body of water
- Location: Antarctica
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Latitude
-77.66323° or 77° 39′ 48″ southLongitude
166.74311° or 166° 44′ 35″ eastOpen location code
2VJ88PPV+P6OpenStreetMap ID
node 10796125548OpenStreetMap feature
natural=bayGeoNames ID
6627106Wikidata ID
Q7855477
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Swedish—“Turks Head Bay” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “特克斯角灣”
- German: “Turks Head Bay”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Turks Head Bay”
- Swedish: “Turks Head Bay”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Icecube Tongue and Grazyna Bluff.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Low Summit and Omelchenko Bluff.
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