Bernacchi Bay
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Bernacchi Bay is a bay
about 3 miles (5 km) wide between Marble Point
and Cape Bernacchi
, on the coast of Victoria Land
. It was named after Cape Bernacchi by the British Antarctic Expedition, 1910–13, under Robert Falcon Scott
.
Bay
A bay is an area of water mostly surrounded by land. Bays generally have calmer waters than the surrounding sea, due to the surrounding land blocking some waves and often reducing winds. Bays also exist as an inlet in a lake or pond. A large bay may be called a gulf, a sea, a sound, or a bight...
about 3 miles (5 km) wide between Marble Point
Marble Point
Marble Point, Antarctica, is a rocky promontory on the coast of Victoria Land located at 77° 26' S latitude and 163° 50' E longitude. The United States operates a station at the point. The outpost is used as a helicopter refueling station supporting scientific research in the nearby continental...
and Cape Bernacchi
Cape Bernacchi
Cape Bernacchi is a rocky cape between Bernacchi Bay and New Harbour on the coast of Victoria Land. Discovered by the Discovery expedition, 1901–04, under Scott, and named by him for Louis C. Bernacchi, physicist with the expedition....
, on the coast of Victoria Land
Victoria Land
Victoria Land is a region of Antarctica bounded on the east by the Ross Ice Shelf and the Ross Sea and on the west by Oates Land and Wilkes Land. It was discovered by Captain James Clark Ross in January 1841 and named after the UK's Queen Victoria...
. It was named after Cape Bernacchi by the British Antarctic Expedition, 1910–13, under Robert Falcon Scott
Robert Falcon Scott
Captain Robert Falcon Scott, CVO was a Royal Navy officer and explorer who led two expeditions to the Antarctic regions: the Discovery Expedition, 1901–04, and the ill-fated Terra Nova Expedition, 1910–13...
.