Cranton Bay
| Cranton Bay | ||
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| Waters | Amundsen lake | |
| Land mass | Marie Byrd Land , West Antarctica | |
| Geographical location | 74 ° 10 ′ S , 102 ° 10 ′ W | |
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| width | 30 km | |
| Islands | Backer Islands , Dyment Island , McKinzie Islands , Suchland Islands | |
| Tributaries | Chavez Glacier | |
The Cranton Bay is a bay south of the Canisteo Peninsula at the eastern end of the Amundsen Sea . The southern end of the bay is formed by the Backer Islands and an ice shelf that separates this bay from Pine Island Bay . The Brownson Islands are immediately in front of their entrance .
It was mapped using aerial photographs of Operation Highjump (1946–1947) in December 1946. The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named it after Lieutenant Elmer Mitchell Cranton (* 1934), medical officer and head of the Byrd station in 1967.
Web links
- Cranton Bay in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Cranton Bay on geographic.org (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Curriculum vitae ( Memento of the original from January 15, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. on the homepage of Elmer Mitchell Cranton (accessed January 10, 2016).
