Cranton Bay

Cranton Bay is a bay about 20 nmi (37 km; 23 mi) long and wide, lying south of the Canisteo Peninsula at the eastern end of the Amundsen Sea. The southern limit of the bay is formed by the Backer Islands and an ice shelf which separates this bay from Pine Island Bay. It was mapped from air photos taken by U.S. Navy Operation Highjump, 1946–47, and named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names for Lieutenant Elmer M. Cranton, U.S. Navy, medical officer and officer in charge at Byrd Station, 1967.[1]

Cranton Bay is located in Antarctica
Cranton Bay
Cranton Bay
Location of Cranton Bay in Antarctica

References
  1. "Cranton Bay". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 3 December 2011.

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74°10′S 102°10′W


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