Seal Bay (Antarctica)

Seal Bay (Norwegian: Selbukta) is a bay which indents the northeastern end of Riiser-Larsen Ice Shelf just southward of Cape Norvegia, on the coast of Queen Maud Land. It was discovered in the year 1930 by Capt. Hjalmar Riiser-Larsen and so named by him because of the abundance of seals in the bay.[1]

References
  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Seal Bay (Antarctica)

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