Watt Bay
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Watt Bay is a bay
about 16 nautical miles (30 km) wide indenting the coast between Garnet Point
and Cape De la Motte. Discovered by the Australasian Antarctic Expedition
(1911–14) under Douglas Mawson
, who named it for W.A. Watt, Premier of Victoria in 1911.
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...
about 16 nautical miles (30 km) wide indenting the coast between Garnet Point
Garnet Point
Garnet Point is a rocky coastal point consisting of garnet gneiss, located at the west side of the entrance to Watt Bay, in the George V Coast area of Antarctica. Garnet Point was discovered by the Australasian Antarctic Expedition under Douglas Mawson, and named by the Australasian Antarctic...
and Cape De la Motte. Discovered by the Australasian Antarctic Expedition
Australasian Antarctic Expedition
The Australasian Antarctic Expedition was an Australasian scientific team that explored part of Antarctica between 1911 and 1914. It was led by the Australian geologist Douglas Mawson, who was knighted for his achievements in leading the expedition. In 1910 he began to plan an expedition to chart...
(1911–14) under Douglas Mawson
Douglas Mawson
Sir Douglas Mawson, OBE, FRS, FAA was an Australian geologist, Antarctic explorer and Academic. Along with Roald Amundsen, Robert Falcon Scott, and Ernest Shackleton, Mawson was a key expedition leader during the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration.-Early work:He was appointed geologist to an...
, who named it for W.A. Watt, Premier of Victoria in 1911.