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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Avalanche Bay
- Type: 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″ southLongitude
162.67814° or 162° 40′ 41″ eastElevation
103 metres (338 feet)Open location code
2VJ4XMHH+X7OpenStreetMap ID
node 11110883788OpenStreetMap 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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