Lauritzen Bay is a bay about 12 nautical miles (22 km) wide, occupied by bay ice and ice shell, indenting the coast of Antarctica between Cape Yevgenov and Coombes Ridge. The Matusevich Glacier Tongue joins Coombes Ridge in forming the west side of the bay. It was photographed from the air by U.S. Navy Operation Highjump in 1947, and was sketched and photographed by Phillip Law, leader of the Australian National Antarctic Research Expedition (ANARE) on the Magga Dan on February 20, 1959. It was then named by the Antarctic Names Committee of Australia for shipowner Knud Lauritzen of Copenhagen, Denmark, who supplied the Magga Dan and other vessels used by ANARE since 1954.[2]

Lauritzen Bay
Lauritzen Bay Location in Antarctica
Coordinates	69°7′S 156°50′E
Ocean/sea sources	Southern Ocean
Basin countries	Antarctica
Settlements	None[1]

References

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

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