Hackapike Bay
| Hackapike Bay | ||
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| Waters | Schollaert Canal | |
| Land mass | Anvers Island , Palmer Archipelago | |
| Geographical location | 64 ° 31 ′ 5 ″ S , 62 ° 54 ′ 18 ″ W | |
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| Islands | False Island , Head Island , Pear Island | |
The Hackapike Bay is a natural anchorage off the northeast coast of Anvers Island in the West Antarctic Palmer Archipelago . The bay is bounded 6.5 km northwest of Cape Van Rijswijck by Andrews Point and the islands of False Island , Pear Island and Head Island .
It was mapped during the British Graham Land Expedition (1934–1937) under the direction of the Australian polar explorer John Rymill . It is named after the pickaxe that is used to kill the animals when hunting seals.
Web links
- Hackapike Bay in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Hackapike Bay on geographic.org (English)