Barrier Bay
Barrier Bay is an open bay in the Antarctic coastal angle formed by the coast and the western end of the West Ice Shelf. Charted by Norwegian cartographers from aerial photographs taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition, 1936–1937, and named by them Barrierevika.Barrier Bay
- Type: Cove
- Description: Antarctic bay
- Categories: bay and body of water
- Location: Antarctica
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Swedish—“Barrier Bay” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “冰障灣”
- German: “Barrierevika”
- Italian: “Baia Barrier”
- Japanese: “バリア湾”
- Latvian: “Barjeras līcis”
- Latvian: “Barrier Bay”
- Latvian: “Barrierevika”
- Latvian: “Berjera līcis”
- Macedonian: “Бариер”
- Macedonian: “Бериер”
- Macedonian: “Препречен Залив”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Barrier Bay”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Barrierevika”
- Polish: “Zatoka Barierowa”
- Swedish: “Barrier Bay”
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