Hound Bayとは 意味・読み方・使い方

Hound Bay (Norwegian: Bikjebugten) is a bay, which is 2.5 miles (4.0 km) wide at its mouth and recedes 3 miles (4.8 km), entered between Tijuca Point and Cape Vakop along the north coast of South Georgia. The names George Bay and Hundebugten have appeared on charts for this feature. The SGS, 1951-52, reported that this bay was better known to whalers and sealers as Bikjebugten (the word Bikje implying any low type canine). The name Hound Bay, proposed by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) is an English form of this name.