Norway Bight
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Norway Bight is a bay
4 nautical miles (7 km) wide indenting the south coast of Coronation Island
between Meier Point
and Mansfield Point
, in the South Orkney Islands
. The name appears on a chart by Petter Sorlle, Norwegian whaling captain who made a running survey
of the South Orkney Islands in 1912-13.
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...
4 nautical miles (7 km) wide indenting the south coast of Coronation Island
Coronation Island
Coronation Island is the largest of the South Orkney Islands, long and from wide. The island extends in a general east-west direction, is mainly ice-covered and comprises numerous bays, glaciers and peaks, the highest rising to...
between Meier Point
Meier Point
Meier Point is a point forming the west side of the entrance to Norway Bight on the south side of Coronation Island, in the South Orkney Islands. Named on a chart by Captain Petter Sorlle, Norwegian whaler who made a running survey of the South Orkney Islands in 1912-13....
and Mansfield Point
Mansfield Point
Mansfield Point is a point marking the east side of the entrance to Norway Bight on the south coast of Coronation Island, in the South Orkney Islands. Surveyed by DI personnel in 1933 and by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey in 1948-49. Named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names...
, in the South Orkney Islands
South Orkney Islands
The South Orkney Islands are a group of islands in the Southern Ocean, about north-east of the tip of the Antarctic Peninsula. They have a total area of about ....
. The name appears on a chart by Petter Sorlle, Norwegian whaling captain who made a running survey
Running survey
A running survey is a rough survey made by a vessel while coasting. Bearings to landmarks are taken at intervals as the vessel sails offshore, and are used to fix features on the coast and further inland...
of the South Orkney Islands in 1912-13.