Carlsson Bay

Carlsson Bay (

64°24′S 58°4′W / 64.400°S 58.067°W / -64.400; -58.067Coordinates: 64°24′S 58°4′W / 64.400°S 58.067°W / -64.400; -58.067) is a square bay, 2.5 nautical miles (5 km) in extent, entered 3 nautical miles (6 km) northwest of Cape Foster on the southwest side of James Ross Island. It was first seen and surveyed in 1903 by the Swedish Antarctic Expedition under Otto Nordenskiöld, who named it for of Sweden who contributed toward the cost of the expedition. The bay was resurveyed by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey in 1952–53.^[1]

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