Seal Bay ( no, Selbukta) is a bay which indents the northeastern end of
Riiser-Larsen Ice Shelf
Riiser-Larsen Ice Shelf is an ice shelf about 250 miles (400 km) long on the coast of Queen Maud Land, Antarctica, extending from Cape Norvegia in the north to Lyddan Island and Stancomb-Wills Glacier in the south.
Discovery and nami ...
just southward of
Cape Norvegia
Cape Norvegia is a prominent cape on Princess Martha Coast of Queen Maud Land. It marks the northeast extremity of Riiser-Larsen Ice Shelf in East Antarctica, and the border point of Weddell Sea and King Haakon VII Sea. It was discovered by Com ...
, 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
Seals may refer to:
* Pinniped, a diverse group of semi-aquatic marine mammals, many of which are commonly called seals, particularly:
** Earless seal, or "true seal"
** Fur seal
* Seal (emblem), a device to impress an emblem, used as a means of a ...
in the bay.
References
Bays of Queen Maud Land
Princess Astrid Coast
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