Brialmont Bay

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Brialmont Bay
Waters Hughes Bay ( Gerlache Street )
Land mass Grahamland , Antarctic Peninsula
Geographical location 64 ° 16 ′ 26 ″  S , 60 ° 58 ′ 24 ″  W Coordinates: 64 ° 16 ′ 26 ″  S , 60 ° 58 ′ 24 ″  W
Brialmont Bay (Antarctic Peninsula)
Brialmont Bay
Tributaries Cayley Glacier , Mouillard Glacier , Trepetlika Glacier

The Brialmont Bay ( French Baie (de) Brialmont , English Brialmont Cove ) is a subsidiary bay of Hughes Bay on the Danco coast of Graham Land on the Antarctic Peninsula . It lies between Charles Point and Spring Point .

The bay was mapped during the Belgica expedition (1897–1899) of the Belgian polar explorer Adrien de Gerlache de Gomery . He named it after Henri Alexis Brialmont (1821-1903), member of the expedition commission.

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