Windless Bight () is the prominent
bight
The word is derived from Old English ''byht'' (“bend, angle, corner; bay, bight”). In modern English, bight may refer to:
* Bight (geography), recess of a coast, bay, or other curved feature
* Bight (knot), a curved section, slack part, or loo ...
indenting the south side of
Ross Island
Ross Island is an island formed by four volcanoes in the Ross Sea near the continent of Antarctica, off the coast of Victoria Land in McMurdo Sound. Ross Island lies within the boundaries of Ross Dependency, an area of Antarctica claimed by New ...
eastward of
Hut Point Peninsula. Named by the
Winter Journey Party, led by Wilson, of the
British Antarctic Expedition (1910–13), which encountered no wind in this area.
Bays of Ross Island
Bights (geography)
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