Fliess Bay
| Fliess Bay | ||
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| Waters | Weddell Sea | |
| Land mass | Joinville Island ( West Antarctica ) | |
| Geographical location | 63 ° 12 '18 " S , 55 ° 11' 43" W | |
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The Fliess Bay (in Argentina Caleta Almirante Fliess ) is a bay on the north coast of the West Antarctic Joinville Island . It is located immediately west of Fitzroy Point .
The name of the bay appears for the first time on an Argentine map from 1957. It is named after Admiral Felipe Fliess (1878–1952), commander of a delegation of the Argentine armed forces on the corvette Uruguay to rescue the troubled Swedish Antarctic Expedition (1901–1903) below led by Otto Nordenskjöld . The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee converted the Spanish name into English on February 12, 1964.
Web links
- Fliess Bay in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Fliess Bay on geographic.org (English)