Fog Bay
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Fog Bay is a small bay
immediately west-northwest of Terror Point in Windless Bight
, on the south side of Ross Island
. So named by the Winter Journey Party, led by Wilson of the British Antarctic Expedition
, 1910–13, in July 1911 because of the thick white fog they encountered in this locality.
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...
immediately west-northwest of Terror Point in Windless Bight
Windless Bight
Windless Bight is the prominent bight indenting the south side of Ross Island eastward of Hut Point Peninsula. Named by the Winter Journey Party, led by Wilson, of the British Antarctic Expedition , which encountered no wind in this area....
, on the south side of Ross Island
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.-Geography:...
. So named by the Winter Journey Party, led by Wilson of the British Antarctic Expedition
Terra Nova Expedition
The Terra Nova Expedition , officially the British Antarctic Expedition 1910, was led by Robert Falcon Scott with the objective of being the first to reach the geographical South Pole. Scott and four companions attained the pole on 17 January 1912, to find that a Norwegian team led by Roald...
, 1910–13, in July 1911 because of the thick white fog they encountered in this locality.