Bahia Howard
| Bahía Howard Bahía Ombú |
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| Waters | Crystal sound | |
| Land mass | Lavoisier Island ( Biscoe Islands , West Antarctica ) | |
| Geographical location | 66 ° 8 ′ 0 ″ S , 66 ° 36 ′ 0 ″ W | |
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| width | 4 km | |
| depth | 2.5 km | |
The Bahía Howard ( Spanish , in Argentina Bahía Ombú ) is a 4 km wide and 2.5 km long bay on the east coast of the Lavoisier Island in the archipelago of the Biscoe Islands west of the Antarctic Peninsula . It is located about 5 km south of Cape Leblond . Your entrance is limited to the south by Benedict Point .
Chilean scientists named them after the later Vice Admiral John Howard Balaresque, participant in the 17th Chilean Antarctic Expedition (1962–1963). The background of the Argentine naming is not known.
Web links
- Howard, Bahía in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English and Spanish)