Ambush Bay is abay 6 km (3.2 nmi) wide indenting the north coast ofJoinville Island immediately east ofKing Point.Ofelia Island lies in the southwest part of the bay. The feature was surveyed by theFalkland Islands Dependencies Survey (nIDS) in 1953. 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 anImportant Bird Area byBirdLife 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).[1]
This article incorporatespublic domain material from"Ambush Bay (Antarctica)".Geographic Names Information System.United States Geological Survey. 
63°10′S55°26′W / 63.167°S 55.433°W /-63.167; -55.433
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