Barry Jones Bay
| Barry Jones Bay | ||
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| Waters | Prydz Bay , Southern Ocean | |
| Land mass | Princess Elisabeth Land , East Antarctica | |
| Geographical location | 69 ° 25 ′ 30 ″ S , 76 ° 3 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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The Barry Jones Bay is a side bay of Prydz Bay on the Ingrid Christensen Coast of the East Antarctic Princess Elisabeth country . It is located between the Priddy Promontory and the Stornes peninsula in the Larsemann Hills .
The Antarctic Names Committee of Australia named it in 1988 after the Australian politician Barry Owen Jones (* 1932), whose portfolio as Australian Science Minister from 1983 to 1990 included all matters relating to Antarctica .
Web links
- Barry Jones Bay in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English)
- Geological map of the Stornes Peninsula (PDF) at the Australian Antarctic Data Center (description)