Trepassey Bay
| Trepassey Bay | ||
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| Waters | Antarctic Sound | |
| Land mass | Tabarin Peninsula ( Graham Land , Antarctic Peninsula ) | |
| Geographical location | 63 ° 27 '58 " S , 56 ° 57' 58" W | |
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| width | 1.3 km | |
| Islands | Roca Mac Dugall | |
The Trepassey Bay is a 1.3 km wide bay on the east side of the Tabarin Peninsula in the north of Graham Lands on the Antarctic Peninsula . It is located 6 km southeast of Hope Bay on the Antarctic Sound .
Scientists from the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey carried out an initial mapping aboard the MV Trepassey in 1947 . The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named the bay after this ship in 1957.
Web links
- Trepassey Bay in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Trepassey Bay on geographic.org (English)