Bone Bay (Antarctica)

Bone Bay (63°38′S 59°4′W) is a rectangular bay along the northwest coast of Trinity Peninsula. It is nearly 10 nautical miles (18 km) wide at the entrance between Notter Point and Cape Roquemaurel. The bay and most of its constituent features were charted by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) in 1948, and later named by United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC). Bone Bay was named after Thomas M. Bone, midshipman on the brig Williams used in exploring the South Shetland Islands and Bransfield Strait in 1820.[1]

Young Point is a rocky point 3 nmi (5.6 km) south of Cape Roquemaurel at the east side of Bone Bay, named for Adam Young, surgeon on the Williams.[2]

There are several named islands and rocks in the bay. Blake Island is a narrow ice-free island 1.5 nmi (2.8 km) long, named for Pattrick J. Blake, midshipman on the Williams.[3] The Whaleback Rocks is a group of low rocks lying 2 nmi (3.7 km) west of Blake Island, descriptively named by FIDS.[4] Boyer Rocks are a small group of rocks in the northeast corner of Bone Bay, 3 nautical miles (6 km) southwest of Cape Roquemaurel, named for Joseph Boyer, a French naval officer on the Astrolabe during her Antarctic voyage (1837–40).[5]

References
  1. "Bone Bay". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2015-12-01.
  2. "Young Point". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2015-12-01.
  3. "Blake Island". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2015-12-01.
  4. "Whaleback Rocks". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2015-12-01.
  5. "Boyer Rocks". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2011-08-11.

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