Lafond Bay
| Lafond Bay | ||
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| Waters | Bransfield Street | |
| Land mass | Grahamland , Antarctic Peninsula | |
| Geographical location | 63 ° 26 ′ 6 ″ S , 58 ° 11 ′ 57 ″ W | |
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| width | 5 km | |
| Tributaries | Sestrimo glacier | |
The Lafond Bay is a 5 km wide bay on the north coast of Trinity Peninsula in the north of Graham Lands on the Antarctic Peninsula . It is located south of the Cockerell Peninsula .
The Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey mapped the area during survey work in the years 1960 to 1961. The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named the bay in 1964 after the Navy Lieutenant Pierre Antoine Lafond (1814-1890), officer on board the Astrolabe with the Third French Antarctic expedition (1837–1840) led by polar explorer Jules Dumont d'Urville .
Web links
- Lafond Bay in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Lafond Bay on geographic.org (English)
- Lafond Bay on a topographic map of the Trinity Peninsula, Federal Cartography and Geodesy Agency