Robertson Bay

Robertson Bay
Map of Robertson Bay, First on the Antarctic continent, 1901
Robertson Bay Location in Antarctica
Location	Victoria Land
Coordinates	71°25′S 170°0′E / 71.417°S 170.000°E / -71.417; 170.000Coordinates: 71°25′S 170°0′E / 71.417°S 170.000°E / -71.417; 170.000

Robertson Bay is a large, roughly triangular bay that indents the north coast of Victoria Land between and Cape Adare. Discovered in 1841 by Captain James Clark Ross, Royal Navy, who named it for Dr. , Surgeon on HMS Terror.

See also[]

• Nameless Glacier

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

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