Yule Bay
Bay in Antarctica
title: "Yule Bay" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["bays-of-victoria-land", "pennell-coast"] description: "Bay in Antarctica" topic_path: "general/bays-of-victoria-land" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yule_Bay" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
::summary Bay in Antarctica ::
::data[format=table title="Infobox body of water"]
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Yule Bay |
| coordinates | |
| oceans | Southern Ocean |
| basin_countries | Antarctica |
| pushpin_map | Antarctica |
| pushpin_map_alt | Location map of Antarctica |
| :: |
| name = Yule Bay | coordinates = | oceans = Southern Ocean | basin_countries = Antarctica | pushpin_map = Antarctica | pushpin_map_alt = Location map of Antarctica Yule Bay () is a bay indenting the coast of northern Victoria Land between Cape Hooker and Cape Dayman. An inner (western) portion of the bay is circumscribed by Bates Point and Ackroyd Point.
Exploration and name
Discovered by Captain James Clark Ross, 1841, who named it for Henry B. Yule, Second Master on .
In 2020, a penguin colony was seen at the bay.
Location
::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6b/C70192s1_Yule_Bay.jpg" caption="Yule Bay near the center"] ::
Yule Bay opens into the Pacific Ocean to the south of Davis Ice Piedmont and Missen Ridge. Chapman Glacier flows into the bay from the west. O'Hara Glacier enters from the south. Ackroyd Point to the south and Bates Point at the end of Missen Ridge define the inner entrance of the bay. Cape Hooker and Cape Dayman define the outer entrance. The Lyall Islands are to the east, across the outer entrance.
Features
Bates Point
Chapman Glacier
O'Hara Glacier
Ackroyd Point
References
Sources
- {{citation|url=https://pubs.usgs.gov/fedgov/70039167/report.pdf |accessdate=2024-03-06 |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:C70192s1_Yule_Bay.jpg |accessdate=2024-03-07 |title=Yule Bay |publisher=USGS: United States Geographic Board |ref= }}
References
- (5 August 2020). "Yule Bay, Antarctica".
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