Kainan Bay
Kainan Bay is an iceport which indents the front of the Ross Ice Shelf about 37 nautical miles northeast of the northwestern end of Roosevelt Island, Antarctica.
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.Kainan Bay
- Type: Cove
- Description: Iceport in Antarctica
- Categories: bay and body of water
- Location: Antarctica
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Latitude
-78.16667° or 78° 10′ south
Longitude
-162.5° or 162° 30′ west
Open location code
22HVRGM2+82
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Swedish—“Kainan Bay” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “開南灣”
- German: “Kainan-Bucht”
- Japanese: “開南湾”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Kainan Bay”
- Swedish: “Kainan Bay”
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