Winds, Bay of
The Bay of Winds is a coastal embayment between Cape Dovers and Avalanche Rocks in Antarctica. It was discovered by the Western Base Party of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911–14, under Mawson, who so named it because of the almost constant outflow of cold dense air from the plateau into the bay.- Type: Cove
- Description: bay
- Also known as: “Bay of Winds”
Winds, Bay of
- Categories: bay and body of water
- Location: Antarctica
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Swedish—“Winds, Bay of” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “溫德斯灣”
- Esperanto: “Venta Golfo”
- French: “baie des Vents”
- French: “Baie des Vents”
- German: “Bay of Winds”
- Hebrew: “מפרץ הרוחות”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Bay of Winds”
- Swedish: “Winds, Bay Of”
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