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Khmara Bay
Khmara
Bay
is a small
bay
lying
directly
south
of
Zubchatyy Ice Shelf
and
Sakellari Peninsula
, in
Enderby Land
,
Antarctica
. It was
photographed
by the
Australian National Antarctic Research Expedition
in 1956 and explored by the
Soviet Antarctic Expedition
in 1957. It was named by Soviet
expedition
after
tractor
driver
Ivan
F. Khmara, who
lost
his
life
when his tractor broke through the
ice
at
Mirnyy Station
in
January 1956
.