Avicenna Bay
| Avicenna Bay | ||
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| Waters | Gerlache Street | |
| Land mass | Brabant Island , Palmer Archipelago | |
| Geographical location | 64 ° 26 '46 " S , 62 ° 21' 51" W | |
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The Avicenna Bay is a small bay on the east coast of Brabant Island in the Palmer Archipelago off the western coast of the Antarctic Graham Lands . It is located 2.5 km southwest of Cape d'Ursel .
It was roughly mapped during the Belgica expedition (1897–1899) under the direction of the Belgian polar explorer Adrien de Gerlache de Gomery . In 1959 the mapping was carried out using aerial photographs taken by Hunting Aerosurveys Ltd. Created between 1956 and 1957. The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named it after the Persian doctor and polymath Avicenna (980-1037).
Web links
- Avicenna Bay in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Avicenna Bay on geographic.org (English)