Moon Bay (62°35′S 60°00′W / 62.583°S 60.000°W / -62.583; -60.000Coordinates: 62°35′S 60°00′W / 62.583°S 60.000°W / -62.583; -60.000) is a 7 mi wide bay, which recedes 4 mi between Edinburgh Hill and Renier Point, on the east side of Livingston Island, in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. Half Moon Island is situated in the bay. Moon Bay was known to sealers in the area as early as 1821. Recharted by Discovery Investigations personnel in 1935.
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Famous quotes containing the words moon and/or bay:
“And then we’ll sit
in the shadowy spruce and
pick the bones
of careless mice,
while the long moon drifts
toward Asia”
—John Haines (b. 1924)
“The seagull’s wings shall dip and pivot him,
Shedding white rings of tumult, building high
Over the chained bay waters Liberty—
Then, with inviolate curve, forsake our eyes”
—Hart Crane (1899–1932)