Clarke Bay
| Clarke Bay | ||
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| Waters | Weddell Sea | |
| Land mass | Palmerland , West Antarctica | |
| Geographical location | 74 ° 22 ′ 0 ″ S , 61 ° 0 ′ 0 ″ W | |
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| width | 10 km | |
The Clarke Bay , a 10 km wide bay on the Lassiter Coast of Palmer Lands on the Antarctic Peninsula . It is located south of Cape Fiske on the east side of the Smith Peninsula . The bay is flanked west by a glacier and is usually occupied by sea ice . As discovered in 2008, Clarke Bay is one of the breeding grounds for emperor penguins .
The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named it on 17 March 2009 after the British marine biologist Andrew C. Clarke of the University of St Andrews and the University of East Anglia , who for a senior scientist 2000-2009 British Antarctic Survey was active and from 1988 to 1999 headed their marine biology department.
Web links
- Clarke Bay in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Clarke Bay on geographic.org (English)