William Scoresby Bay is a coastal embayment at the western side of William Scoresby Archipelago , Antarctica . It is 8 kilometres (5 mi) long and 5.6 kilometres (3.5 mi) wide, with shores marked by steep rock headlands and snow-free hills rising to 210 m. The practical limits of the bay are extended 6.4 kilometres (4 mi) northward, from the coast by island groups located along its east and west margin. Discovered in February 1936 by Discovery Investigations (DI) personnel on the RRS William Scoresby , for which the bay was named. The bay separates the Kemp Coast to the east from the Mawson Coast to the west. The Hobbs Islands sit 19 kilometres (10 nmi) northeast.
4-463: Sperring Point ( 67°24′S 59°31′E / 67.400°S 59.517°E / -67.400; 59.517 ) is a rocky point about midway along the west side of the bay. Like the bay, it was discovered and named by DI personnel in February 1936. 67°24′S 59°34′E / 67.400°S 59.567°E / -67.400; 59.567 This Mac. Robertson Land location article
8-491: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Mac. Robertson Land Mac. Robertson Land is the portion of Antarctica lying southward of the coast between William Scoresby Bay and Cape Darnley . It is located at 70°00′S 65°00′E / 70.000°S 65.000°E / -70.000; 65.000 . In the east , Mac. Robertson Land includes the Prince Charles Mountains . It
12-599: The eastern shore of Beaver Lake in the northern Prince Charles Mountains. Mac.Robertson Land (no space after Mac. ) is the official Australian name, but it is known in the United States as Mac. Robertson Land and in Russia as MacRobertson Land . As well as typical Antarctic geography, Mac. Robertson Land contains significant geographical features such as Tschuffert Peak , Poulton Peak , and Peak Seven ; Cape Rouse , Tilley Bay , and Frustration Dome . Two of
16-531: Was named by the British Australian and New Zealand Antarctic Research Expedition (BANZARE) (1929–1931), under Sir Douglas Mawson , after Sir Macpherson Robertson of Melbourne , a patron of the expedition. From 1965 onward, members of the SAE ( Soviet Antarctic Expeditions ) began undertaking geological fieldwork in the Prince Charles Mountains , eventually establishing a base, Soyuz Station , on
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