St Andrews Bay, South Georgia
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Saint Andrews Bay is a bight
2 miles (3.2 km) wide, indenting the north coast of South Georgia immediately south of Mount Skittle
. Probably first sighted by the British expedition under Cook which explored the north coast of South Georgia in 1775. The name dates back to at least 1920 and is now well established. On charts where abbreviations are used, the name may be abbreviated to St. Andrews Bay.
King Penguin
s form huge breeding colonies - and the one at St Andrews Bay has over 100,000 birds. Because of the long breeding cycle, colonies are continuously occupied.
Ross Glacier
which is nearby is retreating, and leaving a gravel beach in its wake. Hearney and Cook Glacier
s also are in the vicinity.
Bight (geography)
In geography, bight has two meanings. A bight can be simply a bend or curve in any geographical feature—usually a bend or curve in the line between land and water....
2 miles (3.2 km) wide, indenting the north coast of South Georgia immediately south of Mount Skittle
Mount Skittle
Mount Skittle is a prominent rocky mountain, 480 m, forming the north limit of Saint Andrews Bay on the north coast of South Georgia. The name "Kegel-Berg" was given for this feature by the German group of the International Polar Year Investigations, 1882-83. During the SGS, 1951–52, the mountain...
. Probably first sighted by the British expedition under Cook which explored the north coast of South Georgia in 1775. The name dates back to at least 1920 and is now well established. On charts where abbreviations are used, the name may be abbreviated to St. Andrews Bay.
King Penguin
King Penguin
The King Penguin is the second largest species of penguin at about , second only to the Emperor Penguin. There are two subspecies—A. p. patagonicus and A. p...
s form huge breeding colonies - and the one at St Andrews Bay has over 100,000 birds. Because of the long breeding cycle, colonies are continuously occupied.
Ross Glacier
Ross Glacier
Not to be confused with Ross Ice Shelf in AntarcticaRoss Glacier is a glacier 6 miles long, flowing east from the juncture of Allardyce and Salvesen Ranges to Little Moltke Harbour, Royal Bay, on the north coast of South Georgia...
which is nearby is retreating, and leaving a gravel beach in its wake. Hearney and Cook Glacier
Cook Glacier
The Cook Glacier is a large glacier of approximately in the Kerguelen Islands in the French Southern Territories of the far southern Indian Ocean.-See also:*List of glaciers...
s also are in the vicinity.