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Charcot Bay
Charcot Bay (63°48′S 59°35′W / 63.800°S 59.583°W) is a bay about 10 nautical miles (19 km; 12 mi) wide between Cape Kater and Cape Kjellman along the Davis Coast of Graham Land, Antarctica.
Charcot Bay lies at the east end of the Davis Coast on the northwest of the Antarctic Peninsula, at the base of the Trinity Peninsula. It is southwest of Gavin Ice Piedmont and Bone Bay and northeast of Lanchester Bay. It opens onto the Canal d'Orléans, which separates it from Tower Island and the Palmer Archipelago. The Whittle Peninsula forms the western side of the bay. The Detroit Plateau is to the east. Glaciers entering the bay include, from west to east, Sabine Glacier, Andrew Glacier, Whitecloud Glacier and McNeile Glacier. Coastal features include Wbster Peaks, Almond Point, Lindblad Cove, Auster Point and Cape Kjellman.
Charcot Bay was discovered by the Swedish Antarctic Expedition (SwedAE), 1901–04, under Otto Nordenskiöld. He named it for Dr. Jean-Baptiste Charcot, at that time a noted Arctic explorer preparing for his first Antarctic expedition, on which he planned to look for Otto Nordenskiöld whose return was overdue.
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63°53′S 59°40′W / 63.883°S 59.667°W. A glacier 3 nautical miles (5.6 km; 3.5 mi) long, flowing northeast into Charcot Bay immediately west of Webster Peaks. Charted in 1948 by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) who named the feature for Doctor J.D. Andrew, medical officer at the FIDS Hope Bay station in 1946-47.
63°55′S 59°32′W / 63.917°S 59.533°W. A glacier which flows northward to discharge into Charcot Bay just west of Almond Point. Named by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) in 1960. The name is descriptive of cloud conditions that prevailed at the time of FIDS survey of the area in 1948.
63°54′S 59°26′W / 63.900°S 59.433°W. A glacier flowing northward to the southeast side of Almond Point where it enters Charcot Bay. Charted in 1948 by the FIDS and named for S.St.C. McNeile, surveyor at the FIDS Hope Bay base in 1948–49.
63°49′S 59°48′W / 63.817°S 59.800°W. A peninsula, 5 nautical miles (9.3 km; 5.8 mi) long, terminating in Cape Kater and forming the west limit of Charcot Bay. Surveyed by the SwedAE in .December 1902. Named in 1977 by the UK-APC after Sir Frank Whittle, Air Commodore, RAF, British pioneer of gas turbines for jet propulsion of aircraft from 1937.
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Charcot Bay
Charcot Bay (63°48′S 59°35′W / 63.800°S 59.583°W) is a bay about 10 nautical miles (19 km; 12 mi) wide between Cape Kater and Cape Kjellman along the Davis Coast of Graham Land, Antarctica.
Charcot Bay lies at the east end of the Davis Coast on the northwest of the Antarctic Peninsula, at the base of the Trinity Peninsula. It is southwest of Gavin Ice Piedmont and Bone Bay and northeast of Lanchester Bay. It opens onto the Canal d'Orléans, which separates it from Tower Island and the Palmer Archipelago. The Whittle Peninsula forms the western side of the bay. The Detroit Plateau is to the east. Glaciers entering the bay include, from west to east, Sabine Glacier, Andrew Glacier, Whitecloud Glacier and McNeile Glacier. Coastal features include Wbster Peaks, Almond Point, Lindblad Cove, Auster Point and Cape Kjellman.
Charcot Bay was discovered by the Swedish Antarctic Expedition (SwedAE), 1901–04, under Otto Nordenskiöld. He named it for Dr. Jean-Baptiste Charcot, at that time a noted Arctic explorer preparing for his first Antarctic expedition, on which he planned to look for Otto Nordenskiöld whose return was overdue.
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63°53′S 59°40′W / 63.883°S 59.667°W. A glacier 3 nautical miles (5.6 km; 3.5 mi) long, flowing northeast into Charcot Bay immediately west of Webster Peaks. Charted in 1948 by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) who named the feature for Doctor J.D. Andrew, medical officer at the FIDS Hope Bay station in 1946-47.
63°55′S 59°32′W / 63.917°S 59.533°W. A glacier which flows northward to discharge into Charcot Bay just west of Almond Point. Named by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) in 1960. The name is descriptive of cloud conditions that prevailed at the time of FIDS survey of the area in 1948.
63°54′S 59°26′W / 63.900°S 59.433°W. A glacier flowing northward to the southeast side of Almond Point where it enters Charcot Bay. Charted in 1948 by the FIDS and named for S.St.C. McNeile, surveyor at the FIDS Hope Bay base in 1948–49.
63°49′S 59°48′W / 63.817°S 59.800°W. A peninsula, 5 nautical miles (9.3 km; 5.8 mi) long, terminating in Cape Kater and forming the west limit of Charcot Bay. Surveyed by the SwedAE in .December 1902. Named in 1977 by the UK-APC after Sir Frank Whittle, Air Commodore, RAF, British pioneer of gas turbines for jet propulsion of aircraft from 1937.