Barrier Bay

Barrier Bay is an open bay in the 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.
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Latitude
-67.75° or 67° 45′ south
Longitude
81.16667° or 81° 10′ east
Open location code
3M437528+2M
Geo­Names ID
6637928
Wiki­data ID
Q156127

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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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