Leroux Bay
| Leroux Bay | ||
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| Waters | Grandidier Canal | |
| Land mass | Grahamland , Antarctic Peninsula | |
| Geographical location | 65 ° 36 ′ S , 64 ° 16 ′ W | |
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| width | 8 kilometers | |
| depth | 14 km | |
| Islands | Bablon Island , Edwards Island , Lahille Island | |
| Tributaries | Luke Glacier , Muldawa Glacier | |
The Leroux Bay ( French Baie Leroux ) is a bay with northwest-southeast extension of the Graham Coast of the West Antarctic Graham Lands . It lies between Nuñez Point and the Magnier Peninsula , which is dominated by the Magnier Peaks .
It was discovered during the Fourth French Antarctic Expedition (1903-1905) under the direction of the polar explorer Jean-Baptiste Charcot . He named the bay after Eugenio Leroux, captain of the Argentine Navy. Participants in the British Graham Land Expedition (1934-1937) led by the Australian polar explorer John Rymill carried out a survey of the bay in 1935.
Web links
- Leroux Bay in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Leroux Bay on geographic.org (English)