Waddington Bay Explained

Waddington Bay
Type:Bay
Coordinates:-65.2667°N -69°W
Pushpin Map:Antarctica
Location:Kyiv Peninsula, Graham Land, Antarctica
Length:2nmi
Width:1nmi
Etymology:named for Senator Waddington, president of the Chamber of Commerce at Rouen

Waddington Bay is an Antarctic bay 2nmi long, in a NW-SE direction, and 1nmi wide, indenting the west coast of Kyiv Peninsula, Graham Land, immediately north of Cape Tuxen. This bay is partially defined on the charts of the Belgian Antarctic Expedition, 1897–99, under Gerlache. It was more fully delineated by the French Antarctic Expedition, 1908–10, under Charcot, who named it for Senator Waddington, president of the Chamber of Commerce at Rouen.

A gentoo penguin colony was discovered at the southern headland of Waddington Bay in January 2014 by a group of kayakers.

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