Windless Bight (77°42′S167°40′E / 77.700°S 167.667°E / -77.700; 167.667 (Windless Bight)) is a prominent bight that indens the south side of Ross Island, Antarctica, eastward of Hut Point Peninsula.
It was named by the Winter Journey Party, led by Wilson, of the British Antarctic Expedition, 1910–13, which encountered no wind in this area.[1]
The bight is permanently frozen.
It is the site of a station that monitors infrasound to detect violations of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty.
WindlessBight (77°42′S 167°40′E / 77.700°S 167.667°E / -77.700; 167.667 (WindlessBight)) is a prominent bight that indens the south side of Ross...
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the wind direction is, among other consequences, the cause of the "windlessbight" area on the southern coast of Ross Island, an exceptionally cold area...
describes a portion of the Atlantic as being covered with seaweed and windless, citing a now-lost account by the fifth century BCE Carthaginian Himilco...
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