Mundraga Bay
Encyclopedia
Mundraga Bay is the 28.6 km wide bay indenting for 23 km Nordenskjöld Coast
in Graham Land
, Antarctica. It is entered east of Fothergill Point
and west of Cape Sobral
.
The bay is named after the medieval fortress of Mundraga in Northeastern Bulgaria.
Nordenskjold Coast
Nordenskjold Coast is that portion of the east coast of the Antarctic Peninsula between Cape Longing and Cape Fairweather. The name was proposed in 1909 by Edwin Swift Balch, for Otto Nordenskiöld, Swedish geographer and leader of the Swedish Antarctic Expedition, 1901-04, who explored this coast...
in Graham Land
Graham Land
Graham Land is that portion of the Antarctic Peninsula which lies north of a line joining Cape Jeremy and Cape Agassiz. This description of Graham Land is consistent with the 1964 agreement between the British Antarctic Place-names Committee and the US Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names, in...
, Antarctica. It is entered east of Fothergill Point
Fothergill Point
Fothergill Point is a low rocky coastal point 6.6 miles northeast of Cape Worsley, on Nordenskjöld Coast in Graham Land, Antarctica. Named by United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee for Ian L. Fothergill, leader and meteorological assistant at the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey ...
and west of Cape Sobral
Cape Sobral
Cape Sobral is a high, mainly snow-covered elevation which surmounts the south end of Sobral Peninsula, on the east coast of Graham Land. Discovered by the Swedish Antarctic Expedition, 1901–04, under Nordenskjold, who named it for Lieutenant Jose M. Sobral of the Argentine Navy, asst. physicist...
.
The bay is named after the medieval fortress of Mundraga in Northeastern Bulgaria.
Maps
- Antarctic Digital Database (ADD). Scale 1:250000 topographic map. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR), 1993-2006.