Robertson Bay | |
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Location in Antarctica | |
Location | Victoria Land |
Coordinates | 71°25′S 170°0′E / 71.417°S 170.000°E |
Robertson Bay (71°25′S 170°00′E / 71.417°S 170.000°E) is a large, roughly triangular bay that indents the north coast of Victoria Land between Cape Barrow and Cape Adare. Discovered in 1841 by Captain James Clark Ross, Royal Navy, who named it for Dr. John Robertson, surgeon on HMS Terror. [1]