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Posadowsky Bay
Posadowsky
Bay
is an open
embayment
in the
vicinity
of
Gaussberg
, just
east
of the
West Ice Shelf
.
Discovered
in
February 1902
by
German Antarctic Expedition
under
Erich von Drygalski
, who named it for
Count
Arthur von Posadowsky-Wehner
,
Imperial
Home Secretary
, who secured a
government grant
to
cover
the
cost
of the Drygalski
expedition
.