Harald Bay is a bay

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...

 about 4 nautical miles (7 km) wide indenting the coast between Archer Point

Archer Point

Archer Point is a rocky headland on the coast marking the west side of Harald Bay, Antarctica. It was discovered in February 1911 by Lieutenant H.L.L. Pennell, Royal Navy, in the Terra Nova, expedition ship of the British Antarctic Expedition, 1910–13, under Robert Falcon Scott, and named after...

 and Williamson Head

Williamson Head

Williamson Head is a prominent cape 6 nautical miles west-northwest of Drake Head on the coast of Antarctica. Discovered from the Terra Nova in February 1911 during Scott's last expedition. Named for Petty Officer Thomas S. Williamson, Royal Navy, a member of the expedition....

. Photographed from the air by U.S. Navy Operation Highjump in 1947. Sketched and photographed by Phillip Law

Phillip Law

Phillip Garth Law AC, CBE, FAA was an Australian scientist and explorer who served as director of Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions from 1949 to 1966.-Early life:...

, leader of ANARE (Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions

Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions

The Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions is the historical name for the Australian Antarctic Program administered for Australia by the Australian Antarctic Division .-The ANARE Name:...

) (Magga Dan) on February 20, 1959. Named by Antarctic Names Committee of Australia (ANCA) for Captain Harald Moller Pederson, master of the Magga Dan during the expedition.