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Wood Bay

Wood Bay is a large bay which is bounded by Cape Johnson and Aviator Glacier Tongue on the north, and Cape Washington on the south, along the coast of Victoria Land, Antarctica. ^[1]

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15 relations: Adélie penguin, Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names, Aviator Glacier, HMS Erebus (1826), James Clark Ross, John Washington (Royal Navy officer), Lady Newnes Bay, McMurdo Station, Mount Melbourne, Random Hills, Ross Sea, Royal Geographical Society, Tinker Glacier, United States Geological Survey, Victoria Land.
Bays of Victoria Land

Adélie penguin

The Adélie penguin (Pygoscelis adeliae) is a species of penguin common along the entire coast of the Antarctic continent, which is the only place where it is found.

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Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names

The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (ACAN or US-ACAN) is an advisory committee of the United States Board on Geographic Names responsible for recommending commemorative names for features in Antarctica.

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Aviator Glacier

The Aviator Glacier is a major valley glacier in Antarctica that is over long and wide, descending generally southward from the plateau of Victoria Land along the west side of Mountaineer Range, and entering Lady Newnes Bay between Cape Sibbald and Hayes Head where it forms a floating tongue.

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HMS Erebus (1826)

HMS Erebus was a constructed by the Royal Navy in Pembroke dockyard, Wales, in 1826.

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James Clark Ross

Sir James Clark Ross (15 April 1800 – 3 April 1862) was a British Royal Navy officer and polar explorer known for his explorations of the Arctic, participating in two expeditions led by his uncle John Ross, and four led by William Edward Parry, and, in particular, for his own Antarctic expedition from 1839 to 1843.

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John Washington (Royal Navy officer)

John Washington (1 January 1800 – 16 September 1863) was an officer of the Royal Navy, Hydrographer of the Navy, and a founding member of the Royal Geographical Society of London.

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Lady Newnes Bay

Lady Newnes Bay is a bay about long in the western Ross Sea, extending along the coast of Victoria Land from Cape Sibbald to Coulman Island. Wood Bay and Lady Newnes Bay are bays of Victoria Land and Borchgrevink Coast.

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McMurdo Station

McMurdo Station is an American Antarctic research station on the southern tip of Ross Island, which is in the New Zealand–claimed Ross Dependency on the shore of McMurdo Sound in Antarctica.

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Mount Melbourne

Mount Melbourne is a ice-covered stratovolcano in Victoria Land, Antarctica, between Wood Bay and Terra Nova Bay. Wood Bay and Mount Melbourne are Borchgrevink Coast.

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Random Hills

The Random Hills are a group of rugged hills in Victoria Land, Antarctica. Wood Bay and Random Hills are Borchgrevink Coast.

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Ross Sea

The Ross Sea is a deep bay of the Southern Ocean in Antarctica, between Victoria Land and Marie Byrd Land and within the Ross Embayment, and is the southernmost sea on Earth.

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Royal Geographical Society

The Royal Geographical Society (with the Institute of British Geographers), often shortened to RGS, is a learned society and professional body for geography based in the United Kingdom.

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Tinker Glacier

The Tinker Glacier is a long glacier in Antarctica, draining the central part of the Southern Cross Mountains and flowing southeast into Wood Bay, on the coast of Victoria Land. Wood Bay and Tinker Glacier are Borchgrevink Coast.

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United States Geological Survey

The United States Geological Survey (USGS), founded as the Geological Survey, is an agency of the United States government whose work spans the disciplines of biology, geography, geology, and hydrology.

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Victoria Land

Victoria Land is a region in eastern Antarctica which fronts the western side of the Ross Sea and the Ross Ice Shelf, extending southward from about 70°30'S to 78°00'S, and westward from the Ross Sea to the edge of the Antarctic Plateau.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wood_Bay

Also known as Cape Johnson, Hayes Head, Kay Island, Willows Nunatak.

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