Fitchie Bay
| Fitchie Bay | ||
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 Map of Laurie Island with Fitchie Bay (right) |
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| Waters | Weddell Sea | |
| Land mass | Laurie Island , South Orkney Islands | |
| Geographical location | 60 ° 43 '35 " S , 44 ° 28' 28" W | |
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| Islands | Baldred Rock , Graptolite Island | |
The Fitchie Bay is a bay on the southeast coast of Laurie Iceland in the archipelago of the South Orkney Islands . It lies between Cape Dundas and Cape Whitson .
It was mapped during the Scottish National Antarctic Expedition (1902-1904) under the direction of the Scottish polar explorer William Speirs Bruce . Bruce named the bay after John Fitchie (* 1848), first mate on the Scotia ship on this expedition.
Web links
- Fitchie Bay in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Fitchie Bay on geographic.org (English)