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Bayly Bay (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Bayly Bay (The name as it would appear on a map)
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Feature type: Bay
This name originates from Australia. It is part of the Australian Antarctic Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.
A coastal bay in the Vestfold Hills, about 2 km long and approximately 0.5 km across. There are 3 islands which almost block the entrance to the bay. It is a salinity stratified environment. The deepest water is salty and without oxygen. The bay was first sampled in 1986.
Dr Ian Bayly is a copepod expert who has worked in the area of the bay and has published papers on the biology of animals from stratified waters.
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