Holtedahl Bay is a 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...

, 10 nautical miles (18 km) long in NW-SE direction and averaging 6 nautical miles (11 km) wide, between Prospect Point

Prospect Point

Prospect Point is a headland at the west extremity of Velingrad Peninsula on Graham Coast in Graham Land, nearly 2 nautical miles south of Ferin Head and immediately east of the Fish Islands. Roughly charted by the British Graham Land Expedition under Rymill, 1934-37. Photographed by Hunting...

 and Black Head

Black Head

Black Head may be various headlands:* Black Head, Cornwall, England* Black Head, Devon, England* Black Head, Dorset, England* Black Head, New South Wales, Australia* Black Head, South Georgia* Black Head, County Antrim, Northern Ireland...

 along the west coast of Graham land. Discovered by the British Graham Land Expedition

British Graham Land Expedition

A British expedition to Graham Land led by John Lachlan Cope took place between 1920 and 1922. The British Graham Land Expedition was a geophysical and exploration expedition to Graham Land in Antarctica between 1934 to 1937. Under the leadership of John Riddoch Rymill, the expedition spent two...

 (BGLE), 1934–37, and named by Rymill for Professor Olaf Holtedahl

Olaf Holtedahl

Olaf Holtedahl, , was a geologist who was a winner of the Wollaston Medal. He was elected member of the Royal Society in 1961.- Bibliography :...

, Norwegian geologist who conducted geologic research during 1927-28 in the South Shetland Islands

South Shetland Islands

The South Shetland Islands are a group of Antarctic islands, lying about north of the Antarctic Peninsula, with a total area of . By the Antarctic Treaty of 1959, the Islands' sovereignty is neither recognized nor disputed by the signatories and they are free for use by any signatory for...

 and the Palmer Archipelago

Palmer Archipelago

Palmer Archipelago, also known as Antarctic Archipelago, Archipiélago Palmer, Antarktiske Arkipel or Palmer Inseln, is a group of islands off the northwestern coast of the Antarctic Peninsula....

, to which he was transported by various whaling vessels.