Brunow Bay
| Brunow Bay | ||
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 Map of Livingston Island with Bunow Bay (bottom right) |
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| Waters | Bransfield Street | |
| Land mass | Livingston Island , South Shetland Islands | |
| Geographical location | 62 ° 42 ′ 58 ″ S , 60 ° 8 ′ 15 ″ W | |
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| Tributaries | Macy Glacier | |
The Brunow Bay is a small bay on the southeast coast of Livingston Island in the archipelago of the South Shetland Islands .
The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named it in 1958 after Benjamin J. Brunow, captain of the schooner Henry as part of the New York Sealing Expedition (1820-1821) for the development of new seal fishing grounds, which operated in Yankee Harbor on the coast of Greenwich Island .
Web links
- Brunow Bay in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Brunow Bay on geographic.org (English)