Bay of Winds

Coordinates: 66°30′S 97°35′E / 66.500°S 97.583°E / -66.500; 97.583
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The Bay of Winds is a coastal embayment between Cape Dovers and Avalanche Rocks in Antarctica. It was discovered by the Western Base Party of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911–14, under Mawson, who so named it because of the almost constant outflow of cold dense air from the plateau into the bay.[1]

66°30′S 97°35′E / 66.500°S 97.583°E / -66.500; 97.583

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  • Public Domain This article incorporates public domain material from "Winds, Bay of". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.