Curtiss Bay

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Curtiss Bay
Waters Orléans Street
Land mass Grahamland , Antarctic Peninsula
Geographical location 64 ° 3 '0 "  S , 60 ° 46' 59"  W Coordinates: 64 ° 3 '0 "  S , 60 ° 46' 59"  W
Curtiss Bay (Antarctic Peninsula)
Curtiss Bay
width 6.5 km
Islands Monument Rocks , Roe Island
Tributaries Pirin Glacier , Samodiwa Glacier , Tumba Ice Cap

The Curtiss Bay is a bay on the Davis Coast of Graham Lands on the Antarctic Peninsula . It lies between Cape Sterneck in the west and Cape Andreas in the east.

Its original name Bahía Inútil (literally translated: Useless Bay ) on Argentine maps from 1957 was considered misleading as the bay was used as an anchorage. That is why it renamed the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee in 1960. It is named after the American aviation pioneer Glenn Curtiss (1878–1930), who particularly distinguished himself in the development of seaplanes.

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