Magnet Bay

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Magnet Bay is a shallow coastal indentation, 7 nautical miles (13 km) wide and receding only 2 nautical miles (4 km), located 9 nautical miles (17 km) west of Cape Davis at the northwest side of Edward VIII Plateau in Antarctica.

The British Australian New Zealand Antarctic Research Expedition, 1929–31, under Mawson, originally charted Magnet Bay as a larger bay extending from Cape Davis to Cape Borley, naming it after the vessel Magnet, in which Peter Kemp first sighted land in this vicinity in 1833. Later exploration, particularly that of the Lars Christensen Expedition, 1936–37, has shown the bay to be less extensive.[1]

References

  1. ↑ "Magnet Bay". Geographic Names Information System, U.S. Geological Survey. Retrieved 2013-07-25. 

Coordinates: 66°22′S 56°20′E / 66.367°S 56.333°E / -66.367; 56.333  This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document "Magnet Bay" (content from the Geographic Names Information System).


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