Rockpepper Bay
Rockpepper Bay (63°8′S 55°44′W / 63.133°S 55.733°WCoordinates: 63°8′S 55°44′W / 63.133°S 55.733°W) is a bay 3.5 nautical miles (6 km) wide at its entrance, lying east of Boreal Point along the north coast of Joinville Island. Surveyed by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) in 1953-54. So named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) because of the very many small islands and rocks in the bay.
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This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document "Rockpepper Bay" (content from the Geographic Names Information System).
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