Right Whale Bay
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Right Whale Bay is a bay
1.5 miles (2.4 km) wide, entered between Craigie Point
and Nameless Point
along the north coast of South Georgia. The name dates back to at least 1922 and is now well established. The right whale
is a species of whale
found in this area - South Georgia was famous for its whaling
. It is linked to Morsa Bay
by Ernesto Pass
.
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...
1.5 miles (2.4 km) wide, entered between Craigie Point
Craigie Point
Craigie Point is a point at the southeast side of the entrance to Right Whale Bay, on the north coast of South Georgia. Craigie Point is an established name dating back to about 1912....
and Nameless Point
Nameless Point
Nameless Point is a point at the northwest side of the entrance to Right Whale Bay, near the west end of the north coast of South Georgia. Charted and probably named by DI personnel in the period 1926-30....
along the north coast of South Georgia. The name dates back to at least 1922 and is now well established. The right whale
Right whale
Right whales are three species of large baleen whales consisting of two genera in the family Balaenidae of order Cetacea. Their bodies are very dark gray or black and rotund....
is a species of whale
Whale
Whale is the common name for various marine mammals of the order Cetacea. The term whale sometimes refers to all cetaceans, but more often it excludes dolphins and porpoises, which belong to suborder Odontoceti . This suborder also includes the sperm whale, killer whale, pilot whale, and beluga...
found in this area - South Georgia was famous for its whaling
Whaling
Whaling is the hunting of whales mainly for meat and oil. Its earliest forms date to at least 3000 BC. Various coastal communities have long histories of sustenance whaling and harvesting beached whales...
. It is linked to Morsa Bay
Morsa Bay
Morsa Bay is a small bay 2.5 nautical miles east of Weddell Point, indenting the north side of Ice Fjord along the south coast of South Georgia. Surveyed by the SGS in the period 1951-57, and named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee for the catcher Morsa, which was built in...
by Ernesto Pass
Ernesto Pass
Ernesto Pass is a pass between Morsa Bay and Right Whale Bay in the northwest part of South Georgia. The name Don Ernesto Glacier, for the catcher Pesca, was used for a glacier in the area on a British Admiralty chart in 1931. The South Georgia Survey, 1955–56, reported that the glacier is now...
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