Hurst Bay
| Hurst Bay | ||
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| Waters | Erebus and Terror Golf | |
| Land mass | James Ross Island ( Ross Islands , West Antarctica ) | |
| Geographical location | 63 ° 57 ′ 0 ″ S , 57 ° 29 ′ 35 ″ W | |
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The Hurst Bay is a small bay of the West Antarctic James Ross Island . It is located on the east side of The Naze peninsula in the northeast of the island.
The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named it in 1985 after William Edgar Hurst (* 1933), navigation officer on board the HMS Endurance during the hydrographic work carried out in the area between 1981 and 1982 .
Web links
- Hurst Bay in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Hurst Bay on geographic.org (English)