Clowes Bay
| Clowes Bay | ||
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| Waters | Weddell Sea | |
| Land mass | Signy Island , South Orkney Islands | |
| Geographical location | 60 ° 43 '59 " S , 45 ° 37' 8" W | |
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| width | 1.5 km | |
| Islands | Confusion Island , Shagnasty Island | |
| Tributaries | McLeod Glacier | |
The Clowes Bay is a 1.5 km wide bay in the south of Signy Iceland in the archipelago of the South Orkney Islands . It lies between Confusion Island and the Oliphant Islands .
Participants in the British Discovery Investigations carried out a map in 1933. They named the bay after the British oceanographer Archibald John Clowes (1900-1960), who was a member of the Discovery Investigations Committee from 1924 to 1946.
Web links
- Clowes Bay in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Clowes Bay on geographic.org (English)