🌊 Posadowsky Bay

Antarctica · Antarctica · 66.78°S, 89.45°E

Posadowsky Bay is an open embayment in the vicinity of Gaussberg, just east of the West Ice Shelf. Discovered in February 1902 by German Antarctic Expedition under Erich von Drygalski, who named it for Count Arthur von Posadowsky-Wehner, Imperial Home Secretary, who secured a government grant to cover the cost of the Drygalski expedition.

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Quick facts

Country	Antarctica
Continent / region	Antarctica
Coordinates (approx.)	66.78°S, 89.45°E · view on map

Posadowsky Bay is located in Antarctica, in Antarctica.

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