Iceberg Bay
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Iceberg Bay is a bay
3 miles (4.8 km) wide, which indents the south coast of Coronation Island
between Cape Hansen
and Olivine Point
, in the South Orkney Islands
. Named by Matthew Brisbane, who roughly charted the south coast of Coronation Island under the direction of James Weddell
in 1823.
Headlands and bays
Headlands and bays are two related features of the coastal environment.- Geology and geography :Headlands and bays are often found on the same coastline. A bay is surrounded by land on three sides, whereas a headland is surrounded by water on three sides. Headlands are characterized by high,...
3 miles (4.8 km) wide, which indents the south coast of Coronation Island
Coronation Island
Coronation Island is the largest of the South Orkney Islands, long and from wide. The island extends in a general east-west direction, is mainly ice-covered and comprises numerous bays, glaciers and peaks, the highest rising to...
between Cape Hansen
Cape Hansen
Cape Hansen is a cape which separates Marshall and Iceberg Bays on the south coast of Coronation Island, in the South Orkney Islands. The name appears on a chart based upon a running survey of the islands in 1912-13 by Petter Sorlle, Norwegian whaling captain....
and Olivine Point
Olivine Point
Olivine Point is the southern end of the low-lying peninsula which forms the east limit of Iceberg Bay on the south coast of Coronation Island, in the South Orkney Islands. Surveyed by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey in 1948-49, and so named by them because the mineral olivine occurs in...
, in the South Orkney Islands
South Orkney Islands
The South Orkney Islands are a group of islands in the Southern Ocean, about north-east of the tip of the Antarctic Peninsula. They have a total area of about ....
. Named by Matthew Brisbane, who roughly charted the south coast of Coronation Island under the direction of James Weddell
James Weddell
James Weddell was a British sailor, navigator and seal hunter who in the early Spring of 1823 sailed to latitude of 74°15' S and into a region of the Southern Ocean that later became known as the Weddell Sea.-Early life:He entered the merchant service very...
in 1823.