Telefon Bay is a small bay on the north-west coast of Port Foster,

Deception Island Deception Island is in the South Shetland Islands close to the Antarctic Peninsula with a large and usually "safe" natural harbour, which is occasionally affected by the underlying active volcano. This island is the caldera of an active volc ...

, in the

South Shetland Islands The South Shetland Islands are a group of List of Antarctic and subantarctic islands, Antarctic islands located in the Drake Passage with a total area of . They lie about north of the Antarctic Peninsula, and between southwest of the n ...

Antarctica Antarctica () is Earth's southernmost and least-populated continent. Situated almost entirely south of the Antarctic Circle and surrounded by the Southern Ocean (also known as the Antarctic Ocean), it contains the geographic South Pole. ...

. It is surmounted by Telefon Ridge. The name appears on the chart of the

French Antarctic Expedition The French Antarctic Expedition is any of several French expeditions in Antarctica. 1837–1840 In 1837, during an 1837–1840 expedition across the deep southern hemisphere, Captain Jules Dumont d'Urville sailed his ship ''Astrolabe'' alo ...

under Charcot, 1908–10. The name derives from the ship '' SS Telefon'', which was repaired here.

Antarctic Specially Protected Area

The bay forms part of an

Antarctic Specially Protected Area An Antarctic Specially Protected Area (ASPA) is an area on the continent of Antarctica, or on nearby islands, which is protected by scientists and several different international bodies. The protected areas were established in 1961 under the Antarc ...

(ASPA 140), comprising several separate sites on Deception Island, and designated as such primarily for its botanic and ecological values.

References

SCAR Composite Antarctic Gazetteer

External links

Secretariat of the Antarctic Treaty Visitor Guidelines and island description
Bays of the South Shetland Islands Geography of Deception Island Antarctic Specially Protected Areas {{DeceptionIsland-geo-stub