Odrin Bay
bay
Odrin Bay (64°34′40″S 60°20′30″W) is a 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) wide bay indenting for 7 kilometres (4.3 mi) along the Nordenskjöld Coast in Graham Land, Antarctica.
It is entered southwest of Fothergill Point and northeast of Spoluka Point.
Location
Odrin Bay is on the Nordenskjöld Coast of the Antarctic Peninsula.
It is southeast of the southern end of the Detroit Plateau, and opens onto the Weddell Sea to the south.
Glaciers that flow into the bay include Arrol Icefall, Akaga Glacier, Sinion Glacier and Zaychar Glacier.
Copernix satellite image
Name
Odrin Bay is named after the settlements of Odrintsi in Northeastern and Southern Bulgaria.
Features
Glaciers and other features around the bay include:
Arrol Icefall
64°35′S 60°40′W.
A steep icefall about 3 nautical miles (5.6 km; 3.5 mi) long, originating on the south side of Detroit Plateau, about 8 nautical miles (15 km; 9.2 mi) northwest of Cape Worsley.
Mapped from surveys by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) (1960-61).
Named by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) after the Arrol-Johnston car, which was adapted for use by Ernest Shackleton's Antarctic expedition (1907-09) and was the first mechanical transport used in Antarctica.
Spoluka Point
64°36′40″S 60°21′45″W.
An ice-covered point on the southwest side of the entrance to Odrin Bay.
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