Blair Bay
| Blair Bay | ||
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| Waters | Prydz Bay | |
| Land mass | Princess Elisabeth Land , East Antarctica | |
| Geographical location | 69 ° 23 '52 " S , 76 ° 7' 21" E | |
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The Blair Bay is a bay on the Ingrid Christensen Coast of the East Antarctic Princess Elisabeth country . It is located west of the Donovan Promontory on the Stornes peninsula in the Larsemann Hills .
The Antarctic Names Committee of Australia named them in 1988 after James Blair (* 1916), chief diesel engine mechanic at Mawson Station in 1958, who was part of the ANARE team that landed in the Larsemann Hills in February 1958.
Web links
- Blair Bay in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English)
- Geological map of the Stornes Peninsula (PDF) at the Australian Antarctic Data Center (description)