Robertson Bay

For the bay in Greenland, see Robertson Fjord.

Robertson Bay
Map of Robertson Bay, First on the Antarctic continent, 1901
Robertson Bay Location in Antarctica
Location	Victoria Land
Coordinates	71°25′S 170°0′E

Robertson Bay is a large, roughly triangular bay that indents the north coast of Victoria Land between Cape Barrow and Cape Adare. Discovered in 1841 by Captain James Clark Ross, Royal Navy, who named it for Dr. John Robertson, Surgeon on HMS Terror.

See also

• Nameless Glacier

 This article incorporates public domain material from "Robertson Bay". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.