Yule Bay

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1:250,000 scale topographic map of the Yule Bay area.

Yule Bay is a bay indenting the coast of northern Victoria Land between Cape Hooker and Cape Dayman.[1] An inner (western) portion of the bay is circumscribed by Bates Point and Ackroyd Point. Discovered by Captain James Clark Ross, 1841, who named it for , Second Master on HMS Erebus.[2] In 2020 a penguin colony has been sighted at the bay.[3]

References[]

  1. ^ "Yule Bay". Antarctica NZ. Retrieved 2021-05-31.
  2. ^ "Yule Bay". geonames.usgs.gov. 1 January 1947. Retrieved 2021-05-31.
  3. ^ "Yule Bay, Antarctica". www.esa.int. 5 August 2020. Retrieved 2021-05-31.

Coordinates: 70°44′S 166°40′E / 70.733°S 166.667°E / -70.733; 166.667Public Domain This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document: "Yule Bay". (content from the Geographic Names Information System)  Edit this at Wikidata


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