Brekilen Bay
Brekilen Bay is an indentation in the ice shelf about 10 nautical miles southwest of Tangekilen Bay, along the coast of Queen Maud Land. It was mapped by Norwegian cartographers from air photos taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition, 1936–37, and named "Brekilen".- Cove
- Description: bay
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- Location: Antarctica
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Latitude
-70.16667° or 70° 10′ south
Longitude
25.9° or 25° 54′ east
Open location code
2GX7RWM2+82
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Swedish—“Brekilen Bay” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “布雷基倫灣”
- German: “Brekilen”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Brekilen”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Brekilen Bay”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Brekilen”
- Norwegian: “Brekilen”
- Swedish: “Brekilen”
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