Andvord Bay
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| Waters | Gerlache Street | |
| Land mass | Grahamland , Antarctic Peninsula | |
| Geographical location | 64 ° 50 ′ S , 62 ° 37 ′ W | |
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| 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.
Web links
- Andvord Bay in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Andvord Bay on geographic.org (English)