Börgen Bay
Börgen Bay (64°45′S 63°30′W / 64.750°S 63.500°W) is a bay 4 nautical miles (7 km) wide, indenting the southeast coast of Anvers Island in the Palmer Archipelago of Antarctica.[1] Canty Point marks the west side of the entrance to Börgen Bay, while Bay Point marks the east entrance.[2][3] Billie Peak stands 1.5 nautical miles (3 km) east-northeast of Bay Point.[4]
The bay and its headlands were first charted by the Belgian Antarctic Expedition, 1897–99.[1][2][3] The bay was named by the expedition's leader, Adrien de Gerlache, for Karl Börgen, the German astronomer.[1] Canty Point was later surveyed by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) in 1955. It was named by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee for John Canty of FIDS, radio operator/mechanic at the Arthur Harbour station in 1955 and a member of the sledging party which visited the point.[2] Bay Point is first named on a chart based on a 1927 Discovery Investigations survey, but may reflect an earlier naming.[3]
Both Hooper Glacier and William Glacier flow into the bay from inland.[5][6] Gateway Ridge separates them from one another.[7]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Börgen Bay". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 3 August 2011.
- ^ a b c "Canty Point". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 3 August 2011.
- ^ a b c "Bay Point". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 3 August 2011.
- ^ "Billie Peak". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 20 June 2011.
- ^ "Hooper Glacier". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 3 August 2011.
- ^ "William Glacier". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 3 August 2011.
- ^ "Gateway Ridge". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 18 April 2012.
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