Windless Bight

Windless Bight
Windless Bight (center right) between Hut Point Peninsula (foreground), Mount Erebus (left), Mount Terra Nova (center) and Mount Terror (right),
Windless Bight
Location	Ross Island, Antarctica
Coordinates	77°42′S 167°40′E / 77.700°S 167.667°E / -77.700; 167.667 (Windless Bight)
Basin countries	Antarctica

Windless Bight (77°42′S 167°40′E / 77.700°S 167.667°E / -77.700; 167.667 (Windless Bight)) is a prominent bight that indens the south side of Ross Island, Antarctica, eastward of Hut Point Peninsula. It was named by the Winter Journey Party, led by Wilson, of the British Antarctic Expedition, 1910–13, which encountered no wind in this area.^[1] The bight is permanently frozen. It is the site of a station that monitors infrasound to detect violations of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty.