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Orwell Bight, the Glossary

Orwell Bight is a body of water lying south of the eastern half of Coronation Island, bounded on the west by Signy Island and on the east by the Robertson Islands, in the South Orkney Islands.^[1]

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10 relations: Bight (geography), Borge Bay, British Antarctic Survey, Coronation Island, Discovery Investigations, Petter Sørlle, Robertson Islands, Signy Island, South Orkney Islands, UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee.
Bays of the South Orkney Islands
Bights (geography)

Bight (geography)

In geography, a bight is a concave bend or curvature in a coastline, river or other geographical feature, or it may refer to a very open bay formed by such a feature. Orwell Bight and bight (geography) are bights (geography).

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Borge Bay

Borge Bay is a large, irregularly-shaped bay that dominates the east side of Signy Island, in the South Orkney Islands of Antarctica. Orwell Bight and Borge Bay are bays of the South Orkney Islands.

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British Antarctic Survey

The British Antarctic Survey (BAS) is the United Kingdom's national polar research institute.

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Coronation Island

Coronation Island is the largest of the South Orkney Islands, long and from wide.

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Discovery Investigations

The Discovery Investigations were a series of scientific cruises and shore-based investigations into the biology of whales in the Southern Ocean.

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Petter Sørlle

Petter Sørlle (February 16, 1884 – May 29, 1933) was a Norwegian whaling captain and inventor.

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Robertson Islands

The Robertson Islands or Robertsons Islands are a group of islands extending 6 km southward of the south-eastern extremity of Coronation Island in the South Orkney Islands of Antarctica. Orwell Bight and Robertson Islands are south Orkney Islands geography stubs.

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Signy Island

Signy Island is a small subantarctic island in the South Orkney Islands of Antarctica.

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South Orkney Islands

The South Orkney Islands are a group of islands in the Southern Ocean, about north-east of the tip of the Antarctic Peninsula, David McGonigal, 2009 and south-west of South Georgia Island.

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UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee

The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee (or UK-APC) is a United Kingdom government committee, part of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, responsible for recommending names of geographical locations within the British Antarctic Territory (BAT) and the South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands (SGSSI).

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References

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