Bay of Whales

The Bay of Whales was a natural ice harbour, or iceport, indenting the front of the just north of , , at the southernmost point of the world's ocean.
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Bay of Whales

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Latitude
-78.61306° or 78° 36′ 47″ south
Longitude
-163.73647° or 163° 44′ 11″ west
Open location code
22HR97P7+QC
Open­Street­Map ID
node 3525932775
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­bay
Geo­Names ID
6627998
Wiki­data ID
Q999005

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Venetian—“Bay of Whales” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “خليج الحيتان”
  • Azerbaijani: “Balina buxtası”
  • Basque: “Baleen badia”
  • Catalan: “badia Balenes”
  • Catalan: “Badia Balenes”
  • Catalan: “badia de Whales”
  • Catalan: “Bay of Whales”
  • Chinese: “鲸湾”
  • Czech: “Zátoka velryb”
  • Danish: “Hvalbugten”
  • Dutch: “Bay of Whales”
  • Esperanto: “Balengolfo”
  • Esperanto: “Golfo de la Balenoj”
  • French: “baie des Baleines”
  • French: “Baie des Baleines”
  • German: “Bay of Whales”
  • German: “Bucht der Wale”
  • Hebrew: “מפרץ הלווייתנים”
  • Italian: “Baia della balene”
  • Italian: “baia delle Balene”
  • Italian: “Baia delle balene”
  • Italian: “Baia delle Balene”
  • Italian: “Bay of whales”
  • Italian: “Bay of Whales”
  • Japanese: “クジラ湾”
  • Japanese: “ホエールズ湾”
  • Latvian: “Bay of Whales”
  • Latvian: “Vaļu līcis”
  • Latvian: “Veilsa līcis”
  • Macedonian: “Залив на Китовите”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Hvalbukta”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Bay of Whales”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Hvalbukta”
  • Norwegian: “Hvalbukta”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Baia dei Balenas”
  • Persian: “خلیج نهنگ‌ها”
  • Polish: “Zatoka Wielorybia”
  • Portuguese: “Baía das Baleias”
  • Russian: “Китовая бухта”
  • Slovak: “Veľrybí záliv”
  • Spanish: “Bahia de Ballenas”
  • Spanish: “Bahía de Ballenas”
  • Spanish: “Bahia de las Ballenas”
  • Spanish: “Bahía de las Ballenas”
  • Swedish: “Valbukten”
  • Swedish: “Whales, Bay of”
  • Turkish: “Balinalar Körfezi”
  • Turkish: “Whales Körfezi”
  • Ukrainian: “Китова бухта”
  • Venetian: “Baja de las Ballenas”

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