Emperor Bay

Emperor Bay was a small bay on the Brunt Ice Shelf due west of Halley Station. It was so named by the Royal Society International Geophysical Year expedition because of the emperor penguin colony on the fast ice in the embayment during 1956.

Emperor Bay

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Latitude
-75.53333° or 75° 32′ south
Longitude
-26.86667° or 26° 52′ west
Open location code
29PMF48M+M8
Geo­Names ID
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In Other Languages

From Chinese to Swedish—“Emperor Bay” goes by many names.
  • Chinese: “皇帝灣”
  • German: “Emperor Bay”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Emperor Bay”
  • Swedish: “Emperor Bay”

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