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Robertson Bay (71°25′S 170°0′E / 71.417°S 170.000°E / -71.417; 170.000) is a large, roughly triangular bay that indents the north coast of Victoria Land between Cape Barrow and Cape Adare. Discovered in 1841 by Captain James Ross, Royal Navy, who named it for Dr. John Robertson, Surgeon on the HMS Terror.

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