Maxwell Bay
Antarctica /
Sector claimed by Argentina/Chile/UK /
Presidente Eduardo Frei Montalva - permanent station of Chile /
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/ Presidente Eduardo Frei Montalva - permanent station of Chile
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Bay 10 mi long, lying between King George Island and Nelson Island, in the South Shetland Islands. The main entrance to the bay is at the SE side and is wide open; Fildes Strait on the NW side is encumbered by rocks and is only navigable by boats. The name Maxwells Straits was given to this bay and to Fildes Strait by British sealing captain James Weddell in 1822-24, for Lt. Francis Maxwell who served with Weddell in 1813-14. The name was altered and limited to the feature here described by the UK-APC in 1960.
Wikipedia article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maxwell_Bay_(Antarctica)
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Coordinates: 62°13'59"S 58°48'26"W
- Trinity Peninsula 125 km
- Joinville Island Group 144 km
- Admiralty Sound 226 km
- Croker Passage 246 km
- Wilhelmina Bay 310 km
- Arctowski Peninsula 326 km
- Kiev Peninsula 409 km
- Beascochea Bay 440 km
- Barilari Bay 499 km
- Holtedahl Bay 534 km
- Nelson Island 14 km
- Emerald Icefalls 15 km
- Krak Glacier 30 km
- King George Island 31 km
- Kraków Peninsula 31 km
- Dobrowolski Glacier 32 km
- Nunatak on King George Island 42 km
- Penguin Island 48 km
- Ridley Island 59 km
- Volcano Bridgeman 111 km