Doubtful Bay
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Doubtful Bay () is a small, deeply indented bay, which lies 1 mile (1.6 km) east-northeast of Smaaland Cove and immediately west of Rumbolds Point on the far south west coast of South Georgia. it is not far from Drygalski Fjord and Cape Disappointment.
It was charted by the German Antarctic Expedition under Filchner, 1911-12, who named it for Walter Slossarczyk, third officer of the expedition ship Bay (now Smaaland Cove, q.v.) were erroneously transposed on charts of this area. The SGS, 1951-52, reported that the name "Slossarczyk Bay" is not known locally and that this feature is best known as Doubtful Bay. Despite the undoubted priority of Filchner's naming, the name Doubtful Bay is approved in order to conform with local usage. The name Slossarczyk Crag has been approved for the elevation at the east side of the Bay.
This article incorporates text from Doubtful Bay, in the Geographic Names Information System, operated by the United States Geological Survey, and therefore a public domain work of the United States Government.
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