Buchan Bay
| Buchan Bay | ||
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 Map of Laurie Island with Buchan Bay (bottom left) |
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| Waters | Weddell Sea | |
| Land mass | Laurie Island , South Orkney Islands | |
| Geographical location | 60 ° 46 '52 " S , 44 ° 43' 59" W | |
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The Buchan Bay is a small bay near the southwest end of Laurie Iceland in the archipelago of the South Orkney Islands . It lies between Cape Hartree and Cape Murdoch .
It was mapped in 1903 during the Scottish National Antarctic Expedition (1902-1904) under the direction of the Scottish polar explorer William Speirs Bruce . Bruce named the bay after the Scottish meteorologist Alexander Buchan (1829-1907).
Web links
- Buchan Bay in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Buchan Bay on geographic.org (English)