Newark Bay is a
bay
A bay is a recessed, coastal body of water that directly connects to a larger main body of water, such as an ocean, a lake, or another bay. A large bay is usually called a Gulf (geography), gulf, sea, sound (geography), sound, or bight (geogra ...
3 miles (4.8 km) long, entered at the southeast end of
Fanning Ridge
Fanning Ridge () is a prominent rock ridge, long, paralleling the south coast of South Georgia between Aspasia Point and the west side of Newark Bay. The ridge was named by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee, following its mapping by the So ...
, along the south coast of
South Georgia
South Georgia ( es, Isla San Pedro) is an island in the South Atlantic Ocean that is part of the British Overseas Territory of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands. It lies around east of the Falkland Islands. Stretching in the east†...
. The presence of this bay seems to have been first noted in 1819 by a Russian expedition under
Bellingshausen Bellingshausen may refer to:
* Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen (1778–1852), Baltic German explorer and officer in the Russian navy, after whom are named:
** Bellingshausen Plate, a tectonic plate
** Bellingshausen Sea, off the Antarctic Penins ...
, who roughly charted a small inlet in this approximate position. The name dates back to about 1927 and has become established for the feature.
Bays of South Georgia
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