Corinthian Bay
| Corinthian Bay | ||
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| Waters | Indian Ocean | |
| Land mass | Heard ( Heard and McDonald Islands ) | |
| Geographical location | 53 ° 1 ′ 0 ″ S , 73 ° 27 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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| width | 5 km | |
| depth | 2.5 km | |
| Islands | Carroll Rock , Church Rock | |
| Tributaries | Baudissin Glacier , Nares Glacier , Mary Powell Glacier | |
The Corinthian Bay is a bay on the north coast of the island Heard . It is located between Rogers Head and Saddle Point .
The name of the bay goes back to American seal hunters who have been visiting Heard Island since 1855. Captain Erasmus Darwin Rogers (1817-1906) probably named the bay after his ship Corinthian , with which he first called the island in March 1855.
Web links
- Corinthian Bay in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Corinthian Bay on geographic.org (English)