Utstikkar Bay
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Utstikkar Bay is a bay
4 miles (6 km) wide, indenting the coast immediately east of Utstikkar Glacier
. It was first mapped by Norwegian cartographers from aerial photos taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition, 1936-37, and was so named by them because the bay is contiguous with Utstikkar Glacier
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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 miles (6 km) wide, indenting the coast immediately east of Utstikkar Glacier
Utstikkar Glacier
Utstikkar Glacier is a broad glacier flowing north from the vicinity of Moyes Peak in Antarctica and terminating in Utstikkar Glacier Tongue between Utstikkar Bay to the east and Allison Bay to the west....
. It was first mapped by Norwegian cartographers from aerial photos taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition, 1936-37, and was so named by them because the bay is contiguous with Utstikkar Glacier
Utstikkar Glacier
Utstikkar Glacier is a broad glacier flowing north from the vicinity of Moyes Peak in Antarctica and terminating in Utstikkar Glacier Tongue between Utstikkar Bay to the east and Allison Bay to the west....
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