Borge Bay

Borge Bay is a large, irregularly-shaped bay that dominates the east side of , in the of Antarctica. It was charted in 1912 by Norwegian whaling captain Petter Sorlle, and named for Captain Hans Borge of the Polynesia, who undertook additional mapping of the bay during the following year.
Wikipedia
  • Type: Bay
  • Description: large bay on Signy Island
  • Also known as: “Borge bay” and “Borge, bahia”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Signy Research Station and Heywood Lake.

Dwelling
Photo: NOAA Photo Library, CC BY 2.0.
is an Antarctic research base on , run by the British Antarctic Survey.

Lake
Three Lakes Valley is a low valley containing three freshwater lakes, extending from the vicinity of Elephant Flats northward to on , in the .

Lake
Paternoster Valley is a valley extending southwestward from in northern . So named by United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee from the occurrence of three small paternoster lakes, at different levels in the valley.

Borge Bay

Latitude
-60.70238° or 60° 42′ 9″ south
Longitude
-45.5942° or 45° 35′ 39″ west
Elevation
20 metres (66 feet)
Open location code
38FP7CX4+28
Open­Street­Map ID
node 2150807558
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­bay
Geo­Names ID
6628174
Wiki­data ID
Q4945023
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Satellite Map

Discover Borge Bay from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Chinese to Swedish—“Borge Bay” goes by many names.
  • Chinese: “博爾赫灣”
  • German: “Borge Bay”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Borge Bay”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Borge Bay”
  • Spanish: “Borge, bahía”
  • Swedish: “Borge Bay”
  • Swedish: “Borge, bahía”

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