Morsa Bay

Morsa Bay (54°3′S 37°44′W / 54.050°S 37.733°W / -54.050; -37.733Coordinates: 54°3′S 37°44′W / 54.050°S 37.733°W / -54.050; -37.733) is a small bay 2.5 nautical miles (5 km) east of Weddell Point, indenting the north side of Ice Fjord along the south coast of South Georgia. It was surveyed by the South Georgia Survey in the period 1951–57, and was named by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee for the catcher Morsa, which was built in 1929, and later owned by the Compañía Argentina de Pesca, Grytviken.^[1]

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 This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document "Morsa Bay" (content from the Geographic Names Information System).