Biscoe Bay
| Biscoe Bay | ||
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| Waters | Bismarck Street | |
| Land mass | Anvers Island , Palmer Archipelago | |
| Geographical location | 64 ° 48 ′ 0 ″ S , 63 ° 48 ′ 58 ″ W | |
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The Biscoe Bay is a bay just north of Biscoe Point on the southwest coast of Anvers Island in the Palmer Archipelago west of the Antarctic Peninsula .
It was first mapped during the Belgica expedition (1897–1899) led by the Belgian polar explorer Adrien de Gerlache de Gomery . He named the bay after the navigator and explorer John Biscoe (1794–1843), who is said to have gone ashore in this bay in February 1832.
Web links
- Biscoe Bay in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Biscoe Bay on geographic.org (English)