Charlotte Bay
| Charlotte Bay | ||
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| Waters | Gerlache Street | |
| Land mass | Grahamland , Antarctic Peninsula | |
| Geographical location | 64 ° 35 ′ S , 61 ° 38 ′ W | |
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| width | approx. 19 km | |
| Islands | Boxing Island | |
| Tributaries | Cancer Glacier , Renard Glacier | |
The Charlotte Bay ( French Baie Charlotte ) is a bay on the Danco coast of the Antarctic Graham Land . It extends over a length of about 19 km in a north-south orientation between the Reclus Peninsula and Cape Murray .
It was discovered during the Belgica expedition (1897–1899) led by the Belgian polar explorer Adrien de Gerlache de Gomery . It is named after a financier of the French hydrographer Georges Lecointe (1869–1929), a participant in the expedition. According to another representation, “Charlotte” is Lecointe's sister.
Web links
- Charlotte Bay in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Charlotte Bay on geographic.org (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ John Stewart: Antarctica - An Encyclopedia . Vol. 1, McFarland & Co., Jefferson and London 2011, ISBN 978-0-7864-3590-6 , p. 308 (English).