Ob' Bay
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Headlands and bays
Headlands and bays are two related features of the coastal environment.- Geology and geography :Headlands and bays are often found on the same coastline. A bay is surrounded by land on three sides, whereas a headland is surrounded by water on three sides. Headlands are characterized by high,...
lying between Lunik Point
Lunik Point
Lunik Point is an ice-covered coastal point, lying 3 nautical miles northeast of Mount Dergach on the west side of Ob' Bay. Photographed and plotted by the Soviet Antarctic Expedition, 1958, and named after the first Soviet moon module ....
and Cape Williams
Cape Williams
Cape Williams is an ice-covered cape at the east side of the terminus of Lillie Glacier. Discovered in February 1911 when the Terra Nova of the British Antarctic Expedition, 1910-13, explored the area westward of Cape North. Named for William Williams, Chief Engine-room Artificer on the Terra Nova....
. Lillie Glacier Tongue
Lillie Glacier
Lillie Glacier is a large glacier, about 160 km long and 16 km wide, between Bowers Mountains on the west and Concord and Anare Mountains on the east, flowing to Ob' Bay on the coast and forming the Lillie Glacier Tongue. The glacier tongue was discovered by the British Antarctic Expedition,...
occupies the east part of the bay. Charted by the Soviet Antarctic Expedition
Soviet Antarctic Expedition
The Soviet Antarctic Expedition was part of the Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute of the Soviet Committee on Antarctic Research of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR....
(1958) and named after the expedition ship