Winter Quarters Bay
Winter Quarters Bay is a small cove of McMurdo Sound, Antarctica, located 2,200 miles due south of New Zealand at 77°50'S. The harbor is the southernmost port in the Southern Ocean and features a floating ice pier for summer cargo operations.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Photo: Fishdecoy, CC BY-SA 2.5.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Chapel of the Snows and Discovery Hut.
Chapel of the Snows
Church
Photo: Alan Light, CC BY 2.0.
The Chapel of the Snows is a non-denominational Christian church located at the United States' McMurdo Station on Ross Island, Antarctica, and is one of eight churches on Antarctica.
Discovery Hut
Hut
Photo: Tsy1980, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Discovery Hut was built by Robert Falcon Scott during the Discovery Expedition of 1901–1904 in 1902 and is located at Hut Point on Ross Island by McMurdo Sound, Antarctica.
Observation Hill
Peak
Photo: Gmarsden, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Observation Hill is a steep 754-foot hill adjacent to McMurdo Station in Antarctica and commonly called "Ob Hill". It is frequently climbed to get good viewing points across the continent.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include McMurdo Station and Fortress Rocks.
McMurdo Station
Town
The Ross Sea in Antarctica is the world's most southerly sea. It's ice-bound for much of the year, but at the height of summer ships can cautiously enter.
Fortress Rocks
Locality
Photo: Eli Duke, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Hut Point Peninsula is a long, narrow peninsula from 2 to 3 nautical miles wide and 15 nautical miles long, projecting south-west from the slopes of Mount Erebus on Ross Island, Antarctica. McMurdo Station and Scott Base are Antarctic research stations located on the Hut Point Peninsula.
Hut Point Peninsula
Locality
Photo: Mike Martoccia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Hut Point Peninsula is a long, narrow peninsula from 2 to 3 nautical miles wide and 15 nautical miles long, projecting south-west from the slopes of Mount Erebus on Ross Island, Antarctica. McMurdo Station and Scott Base are Antarctic research stations located on the Hut Point Peninsula.
Winter Quarters Bay
- Type: Bay
- Description: bay in Antarctica
- Category: body of water
- Location: Antarctica
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Latitude
-77.84666° or 77° 50′ 48″ southLongitude
166.64957° or 166° 38′ 59″ eastOpen location code
2VJ85J3X+8ROpenStreetMap ID
node 8759007052OpenStreetMap feature
natural=bayGeoNames ID
6628205Wikidata ID
Q2622369
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Swedish—“Winter Quarters Bay” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “溫特夸特斯灣”
- French: “baie des Quartiers d’hiver”
- French: “Baie des Quartiers d’hiver”
- French: “Winter Quarters Bay”
- German: “Winter Quarters Bay”
- Hebrew: “מפרץ מגורי החורף”
- Italian: “Winter Quarters Bay”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Winter Quarters Bay”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Winter Quarters Bay”
- Norwegian: “Winter Quarters Bay”
- Portuguese: “Winter Quarters Bay”
- Swedish: “Winter Quarters Bay”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Ice pier and Ski Slope.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include McMurdo Station Sign and Hut Ten Community Center.
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