Baie Pierre Lejay
| Baie Pierre Lejay | ||
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| Waters | Lake D'Urville , Southern Ocean | |
| Land mass | Géologie Archipelago , Adélieland , East Antarctica | |
| Geographical location | 66 ° 38 ′ 0 ″ S , 139 ° 50 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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| Islands | La Balance , Île aux Champignons , La Dent , Fram Islands , Ifo Island , Hélène Island , Île du Navigateur , Île Midwinter , Île Sainte-Blanche , Le Rocher Gris , La Selle , Les Sept-Îles , La Vierge | |
| Tributaries | Pointe Ebba | |
The Baie Pierre Lejay is a large bay on the coast of the East Antarctic Adelielands . In the Géologie Archipelago , northeast of the Astrolabe Glacier between the Pointe Ebba and the Dumoulin Islands, it includes the Fram Islands , the Ifo Island and the Hélène Island .
French scientists named it in 1958 after the French physicist Pierre Lejay (1898–1958), member of the French committee for the International Geophysical Year (1957–1958).
Web links
- Pierre Lejay, Baie in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English and French)