Avalanche Bay
Granite Harbour is a bay in the coast of Victoria Land, Antarctica, about 14 nautical miles long, entered between Cape Archer and Cape Roberts. It was discovered and named by the British National Antarctic Expedition of 1901–04 in the Discovery in January 1902, while searching for safe winter quarters for the ship.- Bay
- Description: Bay in Granite Harbour, Victoria Land
- Category: body of water
- Location: Antarctica
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Latitude
-77.0201° or 77° 1′ 12″ south
Longitude
162.67814° or 162° 40′ 41″ east
Open location code
2VJ4XMHH+X7
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OpenStreetMap feature
natural=bay
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Swedish—“Avalanche Bay” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “阿弗朗奇灣”
- German: “Avalanche Bay”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Avalanche Bay”
- Swedish: “Avalanche Bay”
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