Baie des Ravins
| Baie des Ravins | ||
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| Waters | Lake D'Urville | |
| Land mass | Adélieland , East Antarctica | |
| Geographical location | 66 ° 32 ′ 0 ″ S , 138 ° 27 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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The Baie des Ravins (French for gorge bay , English Ravin Bay ) is a small bay on the coast of the East Antarctic Adelieland . It is located between Cape Pépin and the mouth of the Français glacier .
Participants of the third French Antarctic expedition (1837-1840) under the direction of polar explorer Jules Dumont d'Urville discovered the bay in 1840. D'Urville named it after its appearance along the coast.
Web links
- Ravin Bay in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Ravin Bay on geographic.org (English)