Venus Bay (New Zealand)
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Venus Bay is located on Perseverance Harbour on New Zealand's subantarctic Campbell Island. It was named for an 1874 French astronomical expedition to view the Transit of Venus, which set up camp at the site. As a result of the expedition, many of Campbell Island's landforms have French names, including Mount Fizeau and Mount Dumas.
External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20100525212457/http://www.transitofvenus.co.nz/astronomy/french_exp_1874.html The French expedition]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20120427103743/http://www.melbourneobservatory.com/19thCentury.htm Maps and engravings of the French camp]
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Category:Geography of Campbell Island, New Zealand
Category:Bays of the New Zealand outlying islands
Category:Landforms of the Campbell Islands
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