Hanusse Bay

Hanusse Bay
Waters	Southern ocean
Land mass	Adelaide Island and Arrowsmith Peninsula
Geographical location	66 ° 58 ′  S , 67 ° 33 ′  W Coordinates: 66 ° 58 ′  S , 67 ° 33 ′  W
width	24 km
depth	30 km
Islands	Bennett Islands , Cornish Islands , Hansen Island , Liard Island

The Hanusse Bay (formerly Hanusse Fjord ) is a large bay with roughly north-south orientation on the Loubet coast of Graham Land on the Antarctic Peninsula . It lies between the northern sections of Adelaide Island and the Arrowsmith Peninsula . To the north it is connected to the Matha Strait and the Crystal Sound via the Buchanan Passage and the Isacke Passage around Liard Island . To the south exist over the Tickle Channel and the Gunnel Channelaround Hansen Island a connection to The Gullet .

It was discovered and first mapped during the Fifth French Antarctic Expedition under the direction of polar explorer Jean-Baptiste Charcot . Charcot named it after Ferdinand Isidore Hanusse (1848–1921), director of the hydrographic service of the French Navy.

Web links

• Hanusse Bay in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
• Hanusse Bay on geographic.org (English)

Marguerite Bay Laubeuf Fjord The gullet Gunnel Channel Tickle Channel Hanusse Bay Buchanan Passage Isacke passage Crystal sound Grandidier Canal Penola Strait Lemaire Channel Butler passage Bismarck Street Gerlache Street Orléans Street Bransfield Street Antarctic Sound Prince Gustav Canal

Straits along the coast of Graham Land