Seraph Bay
| Seraph Bay | ||
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| Waters | Bellingshausen lake | |
| Land mass | Thurston Island , West Antarctica | |
| Geographical location | 72 ° 28 ′ S , 95 ° 11 ′ W | |
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| width | 24 km | |
| Tributaries | Levko Glacier , Savage Glacier | |
The Seraph Bay is a bay on the southeast end of Thurston Island before Eights Coast of the West Antarctic Ellsworthlands . It is bounded in the north-west by Cape Annawan , in the south-west by the Abbot Ice Shelf and in the south-east by Dustin Island .
The bay was discovered during overflights during the United States Antarctic Service Expedition (1939-1941) in February 1940. The United States Navy undertook more precise position determination during a reconnaissance voyage into the Bellingshausen Sea in February 1960. The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named it in 1947 after the brig Seraph , which was part of the American Palmer-Pendleton Expedition (1829–1931) was used to develop new seal fishing grounds on the Antarctic Peninsula and the South Shetland Islands .
Web links
- Seraph Bay in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Seraph Bay on geographic.org (English)