Back Bay (Antarctica)
| Back Bay | ||
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| Waters | Marguerite Bay | |
| Land mass | Grahamland , Antarctic Peninsula | |
| Geographical location | 68 ° 10 '56 " S , 66 ° 58' 58" W | |
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| width | 800 m | |
| Islands | Dynamite Island | |
The Back Bay is a bay on the Fallières coast of Graham lands north of the Antarctic Peninsula . It lies between Stonington and Fitzroy Islands . Your head end is formed by the Northeast Glacier .
The bay was first measured by the United States Antarctic Service Expedition (1939–1941). Participants of this research trip named them after their geographical location on the rear, ie northeast, side of Stonington Island.
Web links
- Back Bay in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Back Bay on geographic.org (English)