Piner Bay
| Piner Bay | ||
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| Waters | Lake D'Urville | |
| Land mass | Adélieland , East Antarctica | |
| Geographical location | 66 ° 43 ′ S , 140 ° 17 ′ E | |
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| width | 3 km | |
| length | 13 km | |
The Piner Bay is a 13 km deep, 3 km wide and non-iced bay on the coast of the East Antarctic Adelieland . It is located between Cape Bienvenue and the east side of the glacier tongue of the Astrolabe glacier .
The bay was discovered on January 30, 1840 in the course of the United States Exploring Expedition (1838–1842) under the direction of polar explorer Charles Wilkes . He named it after Thomas Piner, quartermaster on the flagship of the research trip , the sloop USS Vincennes .
Web links
- Piner Bay in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Piner Bay on geographic.org (English)