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Queen Maud Bay
Queen Maud Bay is a V-shaped bay 2.5 miles (4.0 km) wide at the entrance, lying immediately north of Nunez Peninsula along the south coast of South Georgia Island, South Georgia. Roughly charted in 1819 by a Russian expedition under Bellingshausen, it was named prior to 1922 for Maud of Wales, Queen Maud, wife of King Haakon VII of Norway, probably by Norwegian whalers who frequented this coast. Shallop Cove () forms the head of Queen Maud Bay. It was surveyed by the South Georgia Survey (SGS) in the period 1951–57, and named because the shipwreck of an unknown shallop was found here by the SGS in 1956. Hammerstad Reef () is a reef lying in the northern part of the entrance to the bay. Semla Reef lies on the north side. References Bays of South Georgia, Maud {{SouthGeorgia-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nunez Peninsula
Nunez is the anglicized form of the Spanish surname Núñez ( es, Núñez}, ). The Portuguese language, Portuguese (and Galician language, Old Galician) variant is Nunes. Notable people with the name include: Academia * Antonio Núñez Jiménez, Cuban revolutionary and academic * Jorge Núñez Prida, Mexican engineer and Scouting president * Juan Núñez de la Peña, Spanish historian * Lautaro Núñez Atencio, Chilean historian Arts * Françoise Nuñez, French photographer Drama * Conchita Núñez (1943–2009), Spanish actress * Joseph Nunez, United States actor * Miguel A. Núñez, Jr., American actor * Oscar Nunez, United States actor and comedian * Oscar Núñez (Argentine actor) Exploration * Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca, Spanish explorer * Vasco Núñez de Balboa, Spanish explorer, governor, and conquistador Literature Authors * Elizabeth Nunez, United States writer * Hernán Núñez (1475–1553), Spain writer and collector of proverbs * , Venezuelan philosopher * Si ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |