Scotia Bay
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Scotia Bay is a bay
2.5 miles (4.0 km) wide, lying immediately east of Mossman Peninsula
on the south side of Laurie Island
, in the South Orkney Islands
. Discovered and roughly charted in the course of the joint cruise by Captain George Powell and Captain Nathaniel Palmer
in 1821. Surveyed in 1903 by the Scottish National Antarctic Expedition
under William Speirs Bruce
. He named it for the expedition ship Scotia.
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...
2.5 miles (4.0 km) wide, lying immediately east of Mossman Peninsula
Mossman Peninsula
Mossman Peninsula is a narrow peninsula 3 nautical miles long, extending south from the west part of Laurie Island and separating Scotia and Wilton Bays, in the South Orkney Islands. Discovered in 1821 by Captain George Powell and Captain Nathaniel Palmer, and roughly charted on Powell's map of...
on the south side of Laurie Island
Laurie Island
Laurie Island is an island in the Antarctic Circle, the second largest of the South Orkney Islands. The island is claimed by both Argentina as part of Argentine Antarctica, and the United Kingdom as part of the British Antarctic Territory...
, 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 ....
. Discovered and roughly charted in the course of the joint cruise by Captain George Powell and Captain Nathaniel Palmer
Nathaniel Palmer
Nathaniel Brown Palmer was an American seal hunter, explorer, sailing captain, and ship designer. He was born in Stonington, Connecticut.-Sealing career and Antarctic exploration:...
in 1821. Surveyed in 1903 by the Scottish National Antarctic Expedition
Scottish National Antarctic Expedition
The Scottish National Antarctic Expedition , 1902–04, was organised and led by William Speirs Bruce, a natural scientist and former medical student from the University of Edinburgh. Although overshadowed in prestige terms by Robert Falcon Scott's concurrent Discovery Expedition, the SNAE completed...
under William Speirs Bruce
William Speirs Bruce
William Speirs Bruce was a London-born Scottish naturalist, polar scientist and oceanographer who organised and led the Scottish National Antarctic Expedition to the South Orkney Islands and the Weddell Sea. Among other achievements, the expedition established the first permanent weather station...
. He named it for the expedition ship Scotia.