Whalers Bay
Whalers Bay is a small bay entered between Fildes Point and Penfold Point at the east side of Port Foster, Deception Island, in the South Shetland Islands of Antarctica.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Wrh2, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Photo: W. Bulach, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Photo: W. Bulach, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Photo: W. Bulach, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Photo: W. Bulach, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Neptunes Window and Ronald Hill.
Neptunes Window
Mountain saddle
Photo: Godot13, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Neptune's Window is a narrow gap between two rock pillars, situated close east of Whalers Bay on the southeast side of Deception Island, in the South Shetland Islands.
Ronald Hill
Peak
Ronald Hill is a rocky, ice-free hill, 105 m in height, standing north of Kroner Lake on Deception Island, in the South Shetland Islands of Antarctica.
Cathedral Crags
Peak
Cathedral Crags is a rocky, ice-free hill with steeply cliffed sides, 140 metres high, surmounting the peninsula between Neptune's Window and Fildes Point on the southeast side of Deception Island, in the South Shetland Islands.
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 6 km north of Whalers Bay.
Whalers Bay
- Type: Cove
- Description: bay at the east side of Port Foster, Deception Island, in the South Shetland Islands
- Categories: bay and body of water
- Location: Antarctica
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Swedish—“Whalers Bay” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “捕鯨者灣”
- French: “baie des Baleiniers”
- French: “Baie des Baleiniers”
- German: “Whalers Bay”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Whalers Bay”
- Norwegian: “Whalers Bay”
- Polish: “Whalers Bay”
- Spanish: “Balleneros, caleta”
- Spanish: “Caleta Balleneros”
- Swedish: “Balleneros, caleta”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include High Window and Kroner Lake.
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