Leningradskiy Bay

Coordinates: 70°00′S 12°30′E / 70.000°S 12.500°E / -70.000; 12.500 Leningradskiy Bay is an indentation in the ice shelf fringing Queen Maud Land, Antarctica, immediately west of Lazarev Ice Shelf. Leningradskiy Island is at the head of the bay. It was mapped by the Soviet Antarctic Expedition in 1959 and named by them for the Russian city that at that time was named Leningrad.^[1]

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 This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document "Leningradskiy Bay" (content from the Geographic Names Information System).