Windless Bight
Windless Bight is a prominent bight that indents the south side of Ross Island, Antarctica, eastward of Hut Point Peninsula. It was named by the Winter Journey Party, led by Wilson, of the British Antarctic Expedition, 1910–13, which encountered no wind in this area.- Bay
- …is also known as “Windless Bay”
- Description: bight in Antarctica
- Category: body of water
- Location: Antarctica
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Latitude
-77.7° or 77° 42′ south
Longitude
167.66667° or 167° 40′ east
Open location code
2VJ97MX8+XM
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
natural=bay
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Swedish—“Windless Bight” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “溫德萊斯灣”
- German: “Windless Bight”
- Hebrew: “מפרץ וינדלס”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Windless Bight”
- Swedish: “Windless Bight”
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