Eyrie Bay is a bay, 2.5 miles (4 km) wide at its mouth and extending 3 miles (5 km) inland, lying north of Jade Point on Yatrus Promontory, Trinity Peninsula in Antarctica. It was so named by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee after an eagle's eyrie because of the proximity to Eagle Island.[1]
Map edit
- Trinity Peninsula. Scale 1:250000 topographic map No. 5697. Institut für Angewandte Geodäsie and British Antarctic Survey, 1996.
References edit
- ^ "EyrieBay". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2012-03-12.
This article incorporates public domain material from "Eyrie Bay". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
63°35′S 57°38′W / 63.583°S 57.633°W
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