Havsbotn
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Havsbotn is a bay
comprising the narrow southernmost, or "bottom," portion of Lutzow-Holm Bay
, marking its head. Mapped by Norwegian cartographers from air photos taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition, 1936–37, and named Havsbotn (sea bottom).
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...
comprising the narrow southernmost, or "bottom," portion of Lutzow-Holm Bay
Lutzow-Holm Bay
Lutzow-Holm Bay is a large bay in Antarctica, about 120 miles wide, indenting the coast of Queen Maud Land between Riiser-Larsen Peninsula and the coastal angle immediately east of the Flatvaer Islands. It was discovered by Capt. Hjalmar Riiser-Larsen in two airplane flights from his expedition...
, marking its head. Mapped by Norwegian cartographers from air photos taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition, 1936–37, and named Havsbotn (sea bottom).