Hovde Bay
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Hovde Bay is a bay
along the east shore of Lutzow-Holm Bay
, just north of Langhovde Hills
. Mapped by Norwegian cartographers from air photos taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition, 1936–37, and named Hovdebukta (the knoll bay) in association with the name Langhovde Hills.
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...
along the east shore 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...
, just north of Langhovde Hills
Langhovde Hills
Langhovde Hills is an extensive area of bare rock hills along the eastern shore of Lutzow-Holm Bay, just south of Hovde Bay. Mapped by Norwegian cartographers from air photos taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition, 1936-37, and named Langhovde .- References :...
. Mapped by Norwegian cartographers from air photos taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition, 1936–37, and named Hovdebukta (the knoll bay) in association with the name Langhovde Hills.