Ambush Bay (Antarctica)

Ambush Bay is a bay 6 km (3.2 nmi) wide indenting the north coast of Joinville Island immediately east of King Point.

The name arose because the bay is a trap for the unwary if its shallow and foul nature is not known.

A 69 ha site comprising the ice-free ground on the eastern side of the bay has been identified as an Important Bird Area by BirdLife International because of the concentrations of seabirds there, in particular a breeding colony of about 18,000 pairs of Adélie penguins (as estimated from December 2011 satellite imagery).

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