Phyllis Bay facts for kids

Phyllis Bay is a small bay located between Allen and Scarlett Points. You can find it at the southern tip of Montagu Island, which is part of the South Sandwich Islands. A "bight" is a gentle curve or bend in a coastline, forming a wide, open bay.

Discovery and Naming

This area was first roughly mapped by a Russian explorer named Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen between 1819 and 1820. He was leading an expedition that explored the Antarctic region.

Later, in 1930, the bay was properly mapped and charted by a team from the Discovery Investigations. These were British scientific expeditions that explored the Southern Ocean. The team was on board the research ship Discovery II. They named the bay after Phyllis V. Horton. She was the daughter of Lieutenant Commander W.A. Horton, who was the chief engineer on the Discovery II during their survey of the area.

 This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document "Phyllis Bay" (content from the Geographic Names Information System). Lua error in Module:EditAtWikidata at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).