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Westarctica: added geology info

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	==Discovery and name==		==Discovery and name==
	It is named after the ''Norvegia'', the Norwegian research vessel which visited the island in February 1929. The crew engaged in charting the island and in sounding and dredging operations.		It is named after the ''Norvegia'', the Norwegian research vessel which visited the island in February 1929. The crew engaged in charting the island and in sounding and dredging operations.

			==Geology==
			In 1960, an expedition to Peter I Island collected 29 rock samples from the beach at Norvegia Bay. Analysis of these specimens led to greater scientific understanding of the overall geology of the island.

			The study determined:
			<blockquote>
			At Norvegia Bay light-colored trachyandesite flows are common and occur interbedded with the more abundant basalts. These rocks contain numerous and conspicuous gabbroid inclusions. Flow banding and deformed vesicles are present in some flow units. In addition to the basalt and trachyandesite flows, the Norvegia Bay sequence also contains several breccia beds of reworked older volcanic material. The largest clast observed is about 8 ft long. These beds are heterogeneous in both composition and texture; some are massive, but some are stratified. One 8-ft bed contains a large angular block of trachyandesite with gabbroid inclusions. Many small basalt dikes cut the strata along Norvegia Bay; they are commonly less than 18 in. wide.
			</blockquote>

			==External links==
			* [https://prr.osu.edu/collection/object/1594/grant.php Polar Rock Repository sample from the beach of Norvegia Bay]

	[[Category: Peter I Island]]		[[Category: Peter I Island]]

Westarctica at 04:00, 28 February 2019

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	'''Norvegia Bay''' is a cove at the north side of [[Cape Ingrid]] on the west side of [[Peter I Island]]~~. It is named after the ''Norvegia'', the Norwegian research vessel which visited the island in February 1929. The crew engaged in charting the island and in sounding and dredging operations~~.		'''Norvegia Bay''' is a cove at the north side of [[Cape Ingrid]] on the west side of [[Peter I Island]].

	[[Category: ~~Geography of Westarctica~~]]		==Discovery and name==
			It is named after the ''Norvegia'', the Norwegian research vessel which visited the island in February 1929. The crew engaged in charting the island and in sounding and dredging operations.

			[[Category: Peter I Island]]

Baron of Bastanchury at 15:35, 23 May 2018

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	'''Norvegia Bay''' is a cove at the north side of [[Cape Ingrid]] on the west side of [[Peter I Island]]. It is named after the ''Norvegia'', the Norwegian research vessel which visited the island in February 1929. The crew engaged in charting the island and in sounding and dredging operations.		'''Norvegia Bay''' is a cove at the north side of [[Cape Ingrid]] on the west side of [[Peter I Island]]. It is named after the ''Norvegia'', the Norwegian research vessel which visited the island in February 1929. The crew engaged in charting the island and in sounding and dredging operations.

			[[Category: Geography of Westarctica]]

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'''Norvegia Bay''' is a cove at the north side of [[Cape Ingrid]] on the west side of [[Peter I Island]]. It is named after the ''Norvegia'', the Norwegian research vessel which visited the island in February 1929. The crew engaged in charting the island and in sounding and dredging operations.