Bay of Whales
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The Bay of Whales was a large embayment in the Ross Ice Shelf of Antarctica that served as a key early 20th-century staging point for polar exploration.
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
embayment
ⓘ
former bay ⓘ geographical feature ⓘ |
| accessedBy |
expedition ship Bear of Oakland
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
expedition ship City of New York NERFINISHED ⓘ expedition ship Fram NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| characterizedBy |
deep embayment into the Ross Ice Shelf
ⓘ
irregular ice front ⓘ |
| climate | polar ⓘ |
| coordinateLatitude | approximately -78.5 ⓘ |
| coordinateLongitude | approximately -164.0 ⓘ |
| country | Antarctica (no sovereign state) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| disappearedBy | late 20th century ⓘ |
| discoveredBy | Ernest Shackleton NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| discoveryExpedition | Nimrod Expedition NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| discoveryYear | 1908 ⓘ |
| expeditionBaseFor |
Amundsen’s South Pole expedition
ⓘ
Byrd Antarctic Expedition NERFINISHED ⓘ Norwegian Antarctic Expedition (1910–1912) NERFINISHED ⓘ Roald Amundsen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fate | obliterated by changes in the Ross Ice Shelf front ⓘ |
| FramheimBuiltBy | Roald Amundsen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| FramheimUsedFor | Amundsen’s South Pole attempt ⓘ |
| hostedStation |
Framheim
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Little America I NERFINISHED ⓘ Little America II NERFINISHED ⓘ Little America III NERFINISHED ⓘ Little America IV NERFINISHED ⓘ Little America V NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| iceShelf | Ross Ice Shelf NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Antarctica
ⓘ
Ross Ice Shelf NERFINISHED ⓘ Ross Sea NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| namedAfter | presence of many whales ⓘ |
| namedBy | Ernest Shackleton NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableEvent | departure point of Amundsen’s successful South Pole journey in 1911 ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being a key early 20th-century staging point for polar exploration
ⓘ
being the southernmost open sea in the world at the time of exploration ⓘ |
| partOf | Southern Ocean NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region | Ross Dependency (claimed by New Zealand) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| seaIceConditions | heavy pack ice and shelf ice ⓘ |
| southernmostPointOf | open ocean ⓘ |
| status | no longer exists in original form ⓘ |
| usedAs |
base site for polar expeditions
ⓘ
staging point for Antarctic exploration ⓘ |
| usedDuring |
Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
early 20th century ⓘ |
| visitedBy | Richard E. Byrd NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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