Wood Bay
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Wood Bay is a large bay which is bounded by Cape Johnson
and Aviator Glacier Tongue on the north and Cape Washington
on the south, along the coast of Victoria Land
. Discovered in 1841 by Captain James Clark Ross
, Royal Navy (RN), and named by him for Lieutenant James F.L. Wood of the ship Erebus
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Cape Johnson
Cape Johnson is an ice-covered cape in northern Wood Bay at the east side of the terminus of Tinker Glacier, on the coast of Victoria Land. Discovered in 1841 by Captain James Clark Ross, Royal Navy , who named it for Captain Edward John Johnson, RN....
and Aviator Glacier Tongue on the north and Cape Washington
Cape Washington
Cape Washington is a prominent cape, 275 m, marking the south extremity of the cove which separates Wood Bay and Terra Nova Bay, in Victoria Land. It separates the Borchgrevink Coast to the north from the Scott Coast to the south...
on the south, along the coast of Victoria Land
Victoria Land
Victoria Land is a region of Antarctica bounded on the east by the Ross Ice Shelf and the Ross Sea and on the west by Oates Land and Wilkes Land. It was discovered by Captain James Clark Ross in January 1841 and named after the UK's Queen Victoria...
. Discovered in 1841 by Captain James Clark Ross
James Clark Ross
Sir James Clark Ross , was a British naval officer and explorer. He explored the Arctic with his uncle Sir John Ross and Sir William Parry, and later led his own expedition to Antarctica.-Arctic explorer:...
, Royal Navy (RN), and named by him for Lieutenant James F.L. Wood of the ship Erebus
HMS Erebus (1826)
HMS Erebus was a Hecla-class bomb vessel designed by Sir Henry Peake and constructed by the Royal Navy in Pembroke dockyard, Wales in 1826. The vessel was named after the dark region in Hades of Greek mythology called Erebus...
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