Scotia Bay
{{Short description|Bay in the South Orkney Islands of Antarctica}}
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Scotia Bay is a bay {{convert|4|km|abbr=on}} wide, lying immediately east of Mossman Peninsula on the south side of Laurie Island, in the South Orkney Islands of Antarctica. It was discovered and roughly charted in the course of the joint cruise by Captain George Powell and Captain Nathaniel Palmer in 1821. It was surveyed in 1903 by the Scottish National Antarctic Expedition under William Speirs Bruce who named it for the expedition ship {{ship||Scotia|barque|2}}.
Historic site
An area of the bay contains a stone hut built in 1903 by the Scottish expedition and known as Ormond House; an Argentine meteorological hut and magnetic observatory, built in 1905 and known as Moneta House; and a graveyard with twelve graves, the oldest dating from 1903. These have been designated a Historic Site or Monument (HSM 42), following a proposal by Argentina to the Antarctic Treaty Consultative Meeting.{{cite web |url= http://www.ats.aq/documents/ATCM35/WW/atcm35_ww003_e.pdf|title= List of Historic Sites and Monuments approved by the ATCM (2012)|accessdate=2014-01-01 |work= |first= |last= |publisher=Antarctic Treaty Secretariat |year=2012}}
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Category:Bays of the South Orkney Islands
Category:Historic Sites and Monuments of Antarctica
Category:Cemeteries in Antarctica
Category:Ports and harbours of the South Orkney Islands
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