Ob' Bay
Body of water in Victoria Land, Antarctica
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::summary Body of water in Victoria Land, Antarctica ::
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| Field | Value |
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| coordinates | |
| oceans | Southern Ocean |
| catchment | |
| pushpin_map | Antarctica |
| pushpin_label_position | left |
| pushpin_map_alt | Location map of Antarctica |
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Ob' Bay () is a bay lying between Lunik Point and Cape Williams in Antarctica. Lillie Glacier Tongue occupies the east part of the bay. The bay was charted by the Soviet Antarctic Expedition (1958) and named after the expedition ship Ob.
Location
Ob' Bay is on the Pacific Ocean to the east of the Explorers Range of the Bowers Mountains. It is northwest of the Anare Mountains The bay stretches between Lunik Point below Mount Dergach in the west and Cape Williams in the east. Astapenko Glacier enters the bay to the south of Mount Dergach, and is joined at its point of entry by Chugunov Glacier and Astakhov Glacier to the east. Further east, past Platypus Ridge, Lillie Glacier enters the bay, with Lillie Glacier Tongue extending into the bay. The Sputnik Islands are in the entrance to the bay.
Sailing Directions for Antarctica (1943) says "Lillie Glacier Tongue extends northward from snow-covered rounded hills between Cape Cheetham and Williams Head for a distance of about 20 miles, and is about 125 ft high. A sounding of 134 fathom has been plotted about 4 miles northward of the Tongue. Many grounded icebergs and unbroken fast ice fringe the shore, and a strong northwestward current sets along the coast."
Features
::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/62/C70195s1_Ant.Map_Ob'_Bay.jpg" caption="Ob' Bay area including mouth of Lillie Glacier, center of map"] ::
Named features, from west to east, include:
Barber Glacier
Lunik Point
Mount Dergach
Astapenko Glacier
Chugunov Glacier
Astakhov Glacier
Platypus Ridge
::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d7/D._G._Lillie_with_siliceous_sponges.jpg" caption="Denis G. Lillie with siliceous sponges"] ::
Lillie Glacier Tongue
Sputnik Islands
References
Sources
- {{citation|url=https://pubs.usgs.gov/fedgov/70039167/report.pdf |accessdate=2024-01-21 |edition=2 |editor-last=Alberts |title=Geographic Names of the Antarctic |editor-first=Fred G. |publisher=United States Board on Geographic Names |year=1995}}
- {{citation |url=https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:C70195s1_Ant.Map_Ob%27_Bay.jpg |accessdate=2024-01-21 |title=Ob' Bay |publisher=USGS: United States Geological Survey |ref= }}
- {{citation |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gooNAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA185 |accessdate=2024-01-22 |ref= |title=Sailing Directions for Antarctica: Including the Off-lyng Islands South of Latitude 60̊ |publisher=United States. Hydrographic Office |year=1943}}
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