Berg Bay
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Berg Bay is a small bay
between Birthday Point
and Islands Point
in the west side of Robertson Bay
, northern Victoria Land
. It was charted and named in 1911 by the Northern Party led by Victor Campbell
of the British Antarctic Expedition, 1910–13, because icebergs appear to gravitate there. Haffner Glacier
, which flows into this bay, may also contribute icebergs.
Bay
A bay is an area of water mostly surrounded by land. Bays generally have calmer waters than the surrounding sea, due to the surrounding land blocking some waves and often reducing winds. Bays also exist as an inlet in a lake or pond. A large bay may be called a gulf, a sea, a sound, or a bight...
between Birthday Point
Birthday Point
Birthday Point is a bold rock headland between Pressure Bay and Berg Bay on the north coast of Victoria Land. It was charted and named by the Northern Party, led by Victor Campbell, of the British Antarctic Expedition, 1910–13....
and Islands Point
Islands Point
Islands Point is a high rock point separating Berg Bay and Relay Bay, lying along the west shore of Robertson Bay in Victoria Land. Charted by the Northern Party of British Antarctic Expedition, 1910–13, under Captain Robert Scott. Probably named with reference to the small island which lies just...
in the west side of Robertson Bay
Robertson Bay
Robertson Bay is a large, roughly triangular bay that indents the north coast of Victoria Land between Cape Barrow and Cape Adare. Discovered in 1841 by Captain James Clark Ross, Royal Navy, who named it for Dr. John Robertson, Surgeon on the HMS Terror....
, northern Victoria Land
Victoria Land
Victoria Land is a region of Antarctica bounded on the east by the Ross Ice Shelf and the Ross Sea and on the west by Oates Land and Wilkes Land. It was discovered by Captain James Clark Ross in January 1841 and named after the UK's Queen Victoria...
. It was charted and named in 1911 by the Northern Party led by Victor Campbell
Victor Campbell
Victor Lindsay Arbuthnot Campbell DSO & Bar, OBE , was a British sailor and renowned explorer.-Terra Nova expedition:In 1910, he was First Officer on Robert Falcon Scott's Terra Nova expedition...
of the British Antarctic Expedition, 1910–13, because icebergs appear to gravitate there. Haffner Glacier
Haffner Glacier
Haffner Glacier is a small glacier discharging into Berg Bay along the north coast of Victoria Land. First charted by the British Antarctic Expedition, 1898–1900, under C.E. Borchgrevink, who named it for Colonel Haffner, Director of the Government Survey of Norway....
, which flows into this bay, may also contribute icebergs.