Gould Bay
| Gould Bay | ||
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| Waters | Weddell Sea | |
| Land mass | Filchner Ronne Ice Shelf , Berkner Island | |
| Geographical location | 78 ° 0 '45 " S , 44 ° 26' 45" W | |
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The Gould Bay is a bay in the southern Antarctic Weddell Sea . It is located at the connection between the Filchner-Ronne Ice Shelf and the northeast corner of Berkner Island . The bay was the location of Ellsworth Station .
Participants of the American Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition (1947-1948) discovered them. Expedition leader Finn Ronne named it after the American geologist and geographer Laurence McKinley Gould (1896-1995), deputy leader of the Byrd Antarctic Expedition (1928-1930).
Web links
- Gould Bay in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Gould Bay on geographic.org (English)