Queen Maud Bay facts for kids

Queen Maud Bay is a V-shaped bay located on the south coast of South Georgia. It's about 2.5 miles (4.0 kilometers) wide at its entrance. This bay sits just north of the Nunez Peninsula.

Exploring Queen Maud Bay

This bay was first roughly mapped in 1819. A Russian team led by a person named Bellingshausen explored the area. The bay was named before 1922 after Queen Maud. She was the wife of King Haakon VII of Norway. Norwegian whalers, who often visited this coast, likely gave the bay its name.

Shallop Cove

Shallop Cove is a small inlet that forms the very end of Queen Maud Bay. Experts from the South Georgia Survey (SGS) explored this area between 1951 and 1957. They named it Shallop Cove because they found the remains of an unknown shallop there in 1956. A shallop is a type of small boat.

Reefs in the Bay

There are a couple of reefs near the entrance of Queen Maud Bay.

Hammerstad Reef

Hammerstad Reef is a reef about 1.5 nautical miles (2.8 kilometers) long. It lies in the northern part of the bay's entrance.

Semla Reef

Semla Reef is another reef found on the north side of the bay.