Doubtful Bay is a small, deeply indented bay

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...

, which lies 1 mile (1.6 km) east-northeast of Smaaland Cove

Smaaland Cove

Smaaland Cove is a cove lying 1 nautical mile west of Doubtful Bay along the southeast coast of South Georgia. The name Doubtful Bay was given to this feature during the survey by DI personnel in 1927, with the name Smaaland Bay appearing on their chart for a bay 1 nautical mile to the east...

 and immediately west of Rumbolds Point

Rumbolds Point

Rumbolds Point is a point which marks the east side of the entrance to Doubtful Bay at the southeast end of South Georgia. The name appears on a chart based upon surveys of this area in 1930 by DI personnel, but may reflect an earlier naming....

 on the far south west coast of South Georgia. it is not far from Drygalski Fjord

Drygalski Fjord

Drygalski Fjord is a bay 1 mile wide which recedes northwest 7 miles , entered immediately north of Nattriss Head along the southeast coast of South Georgia.According to L...

 and Cape Disappointment

Cape Disappointment (Antarctica)

Cape Disappointment is a cape which marks the tip of the ice-covered peninsula lying between Exasperation Inlet and Scar Inlet, on the east coast of Graham Land. It was discovered in 1902 by the Swedish Antarctic Expedition, under Otto Nordenskiöld, and so named by him because he encountered many...

.

It was charted by the German Antarctic Expedition under Filchner, 1911–12, who named it for Walter Slossarczyk, third officer

Third Officer

Third Officer may refer to:*Third Officer , a rarely used rank in civil aviation companies*Third mate, a merchant marine rank*A rank in the Women's Royal Naval Service corresponding to Sub-Lieutenant in the Royal Navy...

 of the expedition ship Bay (now Smaaland Cove, q.v.) were erroneously transposed on charts of this area. The SGS, 1951–52, reported that the name "Slossarczyk Bay" is not known locally and that this feature is best known as Doubtful Bay. Despite the undoubted priority of Filchner's naming, the name Doubtful Bay is approved in order to conform with local usage. The name Slossarczyk Crag

Slossarczyk Crag

Slossarczyk Crag is a mountain crag, 805 m, between Doubtful Bay and Esbensen Bay at the southeast end of South Georgia. Surveyed by the SGS in the period 1951-57...

has been approved for the elevation at the east side of the Bay.