Maxwell Bay
Maxwell Bay, also called Fildes Bay and Guardia Nacional Bay is a bay 19 km long, lying between King George Island and Nelson Island, in the South Shetland Islands of Antarctica.
- Type: Cove
- Description: bay in Antarctica
- Also known as: “Bahia Fildes”, “Guardia Nacional”, and “Guardia Nacional, bahia (Is. Shetland del Sur)”
Maxwell Bay
- Categories: bay and body of water
- Location: Antarctica
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Latitude
-62.22287° or 62° 13′ 22″ south
Longitude
-58.85868° or 58° 51′ 31″ west
Open location code
3893Q4GR+VG
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Swedish—“Maxwell Bay” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “馬克斯韋爾灣”
- French: “Baie de Maxwell”
- French: “baie Maxwell”
- German: “Maxwell Bay”
- Latvian: “Maksvela līcis”
- Polish: “Zatoka Maxwella”
- Slovenian: “Maxwell Bay”
- Spanish: “Bahía Fildes”
- Spanish: “Bahía Fildes/Guardia Nacional”
- Spanish: “Fildes, Bahía”
- Spanish: “Guardia Nacional, bahía (Is. Shetland del Sur)”
- Swedish: “Guardia Nacional, bahía”
- Swedish: “Maxwell Bay, Antarktis”
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