Macdougal Bay
| Macdougal Bay | ||
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 Map of Laurie Island with Macdougal Bay (top right) |
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| Waters | Scotia Lake | |
| Land mass | Laurie Island , South Orkney Islands | |
| Geographical location | 60 ° 41 ′ 24 ″ S , 44 ° 33 ′ 21 ″ W | |
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The Macdougal Bay is a small bay on the north coast of Laurie Iceland in the archipelago of the South Orkney Islands . It is bordered in the west by the Ferguslie and in the east by the Watson Peninsula .
Participants of the Scottish National Antarctic Expedition (1902-1904) mapped the bay in 1903. Expedition leader William Speirs Bruce named it after James Macdougal, third mate on the research vessel Scotia .
Web links
- Macdougal Bay in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Macdougal Bay on geographic.org (English)