Newark Bay (South Georgia)
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Newark Bay is a bay
3 miles (4.8 km) long, entered at the southeast end of Fanning Ridge
, along the south coast of South Georgia. The presence of this bay seems to have been first noted in 1819 by a Russian expedition under Bellingshausen
, who roughly charted a small inlet in this approximate position. The name dates back to about 1927 and has become established for the feature.
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...
3 miles (4.8 km) long, entered at the southeast end of Fanning Ridge
Fanning Ridge
Fanning Ridge is a prominent rock ridge, 5 nautical miles long, paralleling the south coast of South Georgia between Aspasia Point and the west side of Newark Bay...
, along the south coast of South Georgia. The presence of this bay seems to have been first noted in 1819 by a Russian expedition under Bellingshausen
Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen
Fabian Gottlieb Thaddeus von Bellingshausen was an officer in the Imperial Russian Navy, cartographer and explorer, who ultimately rose to the rank of Admiral...
, who roughly charted a small inlet in this approximate position. The name dates back to about 1927 and has become established for the feature.