Seal Bay (Antarctica)

Seal Bay (Norwegian: Selbukta) is a bay which indents the northeastern end of Riiser-Larsen Ice Shelf just southward of Cape Norvegia, on the coast of Queen Maud Land. It was discovered in the year 1930 by Capt. Hjalmar Riiser-Larsen and so named by him because of the abundance of seals in the bay.[1]

References

  1. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Seal Bay (Antarctica)

Coordinates: 71°45′S 12°45′W / 71.750°S 12.750°W / -71.750; -12.750  This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document "Seal Bay (Antarctica)" (content from the Geographic Names Information System).


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