Andvord Bay

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Andvord Bay
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Waters Gerlache Street
Land mass Grahamland , Antarctic Peninsula
Geographical location 64 ° 50 ′  S , 62 ° 37 ′  W Coordinates: 64 ° 50 ′  S , 62 ° 37 ′  W
Andvord Bay (Antarctic Peninsula)
Andvord Bay
width 5 km
depth 14.5 km
Tributaries Almirante Ice Fringe , Blue Icefalls , Deville Glacier , Grubb Glacier , Rudolph Glacier

The Andvord Bay ( French Baie Andvord ) is a 5 km wide and 14.5 km long bay on the Danco Coast of Graham lands north of the Antarctic Peninsula . It is located between Beneden Head and Duthiers Point on Gerlache Street .

It was discovered during the Belgica expedition (1897–1899) led by the Belgian polar explorer Adrien de Gerlache de Gomery , who named it after the Norwegian shipowner Rolf Thorsteinson Andvord (1847–1906), who was then consul of Belgium in Norway.

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