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Fortuna Bay

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known as The Bump, charted and named by DI personnel. A small group of rocks called the Fortuna Rocks extend across the east side of the bay entrance, first charted by the SGAE. Small Bay indents the shore on the east side of Fortuna Bay. One kilometer (0.62 mi) south of Small Bay is Hodson
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Illusion Point, Peruque Point, and Whistle Cove on the west side, and Small Bay and Hodson Point on the east side were all first charted on a 1931
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The east side of Fortuna Bay's entrance is marked by Robertson Point, a name that was established at least as far back as 1920. It sports a small
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3 miles (5 km) long and 1 mile (1.6 km) wide. Its entrance is defined by Cape Best on the west and Robertson Point to the east, near
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Numerous features on and around Fortuna Bay have been named and charted by various Antarctic expeditions and research groups.
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which participated in establishing the first permanent whaling station at
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The west side of Fortuna Bay's entrance is marked by
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Index

Robertson Point

54°07′S 36°48′W / 54.117°S 36.800°W / -54.117; -36.800
bay
Atherton Peak
South Georgia
C.A. Larsen
Grytviken
Second German Antarctic Expedition
Wilhelm Filchner
Discovery Investigations
Ocean Harbour
Cape Best
anchorage
Breakwind Ridge
knoll
British Admiralty
"Fortuna Bay"
Geographic Names Information System
United States Geological Survey
United States Department of the Interior


"Fortuna Rocks"
Geographic Names Information System
United States Geological Survey
United States Department of the Interior


"Anchorage Bay"

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