Discovery Bay
Discovery Bay is a bay 5 km long and 3 km wide, indenting the north side of Greenwich Island, in the South Shetland Islands of Antarctica. It had been known to sealers in the area since about 1821.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Jorval, Public domain.
- Type: Cove
- Description: bay in the Antarctic
- Also known as: “‘Chile Bay’ (Discovery Bay), Greenwich Island, South Shetland Islands”, “ASPA-144”, “Bahia Chile”, “Bahía Chile”, “Chile Bay”, and “Discovery, bahia”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Poisson Hill.
Poisson Hill
Peak
Poisson Hill is a rounded ice-free hill rising to 80 m at the north extremity of Breznik Heights, Greenwich Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica and surmounting the Chilean Antarctic base Arturo Prat to the west-southwest. Poisson Hill is situated 3½ km east of Discovery Bay.
Discovery Bay
- Categories: bay, protected area, and body of water
- Location: Antarctica
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Satellite Map
Discover Discovery Bay from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Chinese to Yue Chinese—“Discovery Bay” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “發現灣”
- Chinese: “發現號灣”
- German: “Discovery Bay”
- Italian: “Baia Discovery”
- Japanese: “ディスカバリー・ベイ (南極)”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Discovery Bay i Antarktis”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Discovery Bay”
- Spanish: “Bahia Chile”
- Spanish: “Bahía Chile”
- Spanish: “Bahia Discovery”
- Spanish: “Bahía Discovery”
- Spanish: “Chile, Bahía”
- Spanish: “Discovery, bahía”
- Swedish: “Discovery, bahía”
- Yue Chinese: “發現灣 (南極洲)”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Basso Island and Vidal Rock.
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