Security Bay
| Security Bay | ||
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| Waters | Neumayer Canal | |
| Land mass | Doumer Island , Palmer Archipelago | |
| Geographical location | 64 ° 50 '59 " S , 63 ° 35' 31" W | |
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The Security Bay (English for safety bay ; in Argentina Bahía Sin Nombre , Spanish for bay without a name ) is a bay on the north coast of Doumer Island in the Palmer Archipelago off the west coast of the Antarctic Graham Land . It lies between Homeward Point in the west and Gauthier Point in the east.
Participants of the Fourth French Antarctic Expedition (1903-1905) under the direction of polar explorer Jean-Baptiste Charcot mapped them. The designation was made by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee in 1958. It is named after the fact that the bay has provided a safe anchorage for the hydrographic surveying unit of the Royal Navy , which was active here between 1956 and 1957, in the prevailing winds in this area .
Web links
- Security Bay in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Security Bay on geographic.org (English)