Wilton Bay
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 Map of Laurie Island with Wilton Bay to the southwest |
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| Waters | Weddell Sea | |
| Land mass | Laurie Island , South Orkney Islands | |
| Geographical location | 60 ° 45 ′ 31 ″ S , 44 ° 46 ′ 9 ″ W | |
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The Wilton Bay is a bay between Cape Davidson and Cape Hartree on the southwest coast of Laurie Iceland in the archipelago of the South Orkney Islands .
Cartographic surveys were carried out by participants in the Scottish National Antarctic Expedition in 1903, led by William Speirs Bruce . Bruce named the bay after his zoologist David Walter Wilton (1872-1940).
Web links
- Wilton Bay in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Wilton Bay on geographic.org (English)