Wohlschlag Bay

Wohlschlag Bay (77°22′S 166°25′E / 77.367°S 166.417°ECoordinates: 77°22′S 166°25′E / 77.367°S 166.417°E) is a large bay indenting the west side of Ross Island between Harrison Bluff and Cape Royds. Charted by the Discovery expedition under Scott, 1901-04. Named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) in 1964 for Donald E. Wohlschlag, professor of biology at Stanford University, who outfitted the biology laboratories on the USNS Eltanin and at McMurdo Station, where he worked five summer seasons from 1958-64.

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