Ice Fjord

{{about||the fjord in eastern Greenland|Isfjord|other uses|Isfjorden (disambiguation)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox body of water | name= Ice Fjord | native_name= | other_name= | image= | caption = Location in South Georgia | pushpin_map=United Kingdom South Georgia | pushpin_label = '''Ice Fjord''' | pushpin_label_position = top | location= South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands | coords= {{coord|54|3|S|37|41|W|region:GL_type:waterbody_source:GNS-enwiki|display=inline, title}} | rivers= | oceans= Southern Atlantic Ocean | countries= South Georgia | length={{Convert|5.5|mi|0}} | width={{Convert|2|mi|0}} | area= | depth= | settlements= }} '''Ice Fjord''' is a bay {{Convert|5.5|mi|0}} long and {{Convert|2|mi|0}} wide, entered between Weddell Point and Kade Point along the south coast and near the west end of the island of South Georgia. The name is well established, dating back to about 1920.<ref name=gnis-IF/> A number of features along the bay's coast, including several smaller bays, have been charted and named.

During a visit to South Georgia in 1911–12, Scottish geologist David Ferguson named two bays within Ice Fjord as North and South Bays. Since both of these names were well established for the two arms of Prince Olav Harbor, the bays were renamed in 1957 by United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC). {{cvt|1.5|nmi|adj=on}} wide North Bay was renamed Narval Bay after the whale catcher ''Narval'', while South Bay was renamed Miles Bay, after the whale catcher ''Don Miles'', both of which were owned by the Compañía Argentina de Pesca.<ref name=gnis-NB/><ref name=gnis-MB/>

Morsa Bay is a small bay {{Convert|2.5|nmi|km|0}} east of Weddell Point, first surveyed by the South Georgia Survey in the period 1951–57, and named by the UK-APC for the whale catcher ''Morsa'', owned by the Compañía Argentina de Pesca.<ref name=gnis-MOB/>

Ryan Glacier flows west across South Georgia to the head of Ice Fjord.<ref name=gnis-RG/> Comer Crag stands {{convert|1|nmi|km|0}} north of the head of Ice Fjord.<ref name=gnis-CC/> Tawny Gap extends across South Georgia from the head of Ice Fjord to a cove just south of Wales Head.<ref name=gnis-TG/>

==References== {{Reflist|refs= <ref name=gnis-CC>{{cite gnis | type = antarid | id = 2995| name = Comer Crag | accessdate = 2020-05-04|links=off}}</ref> <ref name=gnis-IF>{{cite gnis | type = antarid | id = 7256| name = Ice Fjord | accessdate = 2020-05-04}}</ref> <ref name=gnis-MB>{{cite gnis | type = antarid | id = 9976| name = Miles Bay | accessdate = 2020-05-04|links=off}}</ref> <ref name=gnis-MOB>{{cite gnis | type = antarid | id = 10294| name = Morsa Bay | accessdate = 2020-05-04|links=off}}</ref> <ref name=gnis-NB>{{cite gnis | type = antarid | id = 10503| name = Narval Bay | accessdate = 2020-05-04|links=off}}</ref> <ref name=gnis-RG>{{cite gnis | type = antarid | id = 13090| name = Ryan Glacier | accessdate = 2020-05-04|links=off}}</ref> <ref name=gnis-TG>{{cite gnis | type = antarid | id = 15016| name = Tawny Gap | accessdate = 2020-05-04|links=off}}</ref> }}

Category:Bays of South Georgia