Payne Creek
| Payne Creek | ||
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| Waters | Stewart Strait | |
| Land mass | Bird Island | |
| Geographical location | 54 ° 0 '35 " S , 38 ° 4' 29" W | |
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| Tributaries | Overflow of the Geep Pond | |
The Payne Creek is a narrow bay on the west side of Bird Iceland before the north-west tip of South Georgia . It is just south of Goldcrest Point .
The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named it in 1977 after Michael Robert Payne (* 1948), who led the review of the fur seal populations on Bird Island for the British Antarctic Survey between 1971 and 1974 .
Web links
- Payne Creek in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Payne Creek on geographic.org (English)