Bone Bay () is a rectangular

bay A bay is a recessed, coastal body of water that directly connects to a larger main body of water, such as an ocean, a lake, or another bay. A large bay is usually called a ''gulf'', ''sea'', ''sound'', or ''bight''. A ''cove'' is a small, ci ...

along the northwest coast of

Trinity Peninsula Trinity Peninsula is the northernmost part of the Antarctic Peninsula. It extends northeastward for about 130 km (80 mi) to Cape Dubouzet from an imaginary line connecting Cape Kater on the north-west coast and Cape Longing on the sou ...

, Antarctica. It is nearly wide at the entrance between Notter Point and Cape Roquemaurel.

Location

Bone Bay is on the north shore of the western end of the

, which forms the tip of the

Antarctic Peninsula The Antarctic Peninsula, known as O'Higgins Land in Chile and Tierra de San Martin in Argentina, and originally as Graham Land in the United Kingdom and the Palmer Peninsula in the United States, is the northernmost part of mainland Antarctica. ...

. It is northeast of Charcot Bay, east of the

Orléans Strait Orléans Strait is a strait running NE-SW and separating Trinity Island and Tower Island from Davis Coast, Antarctic Peninsula. Possibly first seen by Nathaniel B. Palmer, captain of the Hero, on November 18, 1820. Named and outlined in part by ...

, south of Astrolabe Island and southwest of

Lafond Bay Lafond Bay () is a bay, wide, which lies south of the Cockerell Peninsula, Trinity Peninsula, Antarctica. Location Lafond Bay is in Graham Land on the north coast of the Trinity Peninsula, which forms the tip of the Antarctic Peninsula. It is ...

Russell West Glacier Russell West Glacier () is a glacier, long and wide, which lies immediately north of Detroit Plateau and flows from Mount Canicula westward into Bone Bay, on the north side of Trinity Peninsula. This glacier together with Russell East Glacier ...

flows into the bay, which is bounded to the south by the Gavin Ice Piedmont.
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Exploration and name

Bone Bay was charted by the

Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey The Falkland Islands and Dependencies Aerial Survey Expedition (FIDASE) was an aerial survey of the Falkland Islands Dependencies The Falkland Islands Dependencies was the constitutional arrangement from 1843 until 1985 for administering the v ...

(FIDS) in 1948. It was named by the

UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee (or UK-APC) is a United Kingdom government committee, part of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, responsible for recommending names of geographical locations within the British Antarctic Territory (BAT) an ...

(UK-APC) after Thomas M. Bone, midshipman on the brig ''Williams'' used in exploring the

South Shetland Islands The South Shetland Islands are a group of List of Antarctic and subantarctic islands, Antarctic islands located in the Drake Passage with a total area of . They lie about north of the Antarctic Peninsula, and between southwest of the n ...

and

Bransfield Strait Bransfield Strait or Fleet Sea () is a body of water about wide extending for in a general northeast – southwest direction between the South Shetland Islands and the Antarctic Peninsula. History The strait was named in about 1825 by James W ...

in 1820.

Coastal features

Coastal features, from west to east, include:

Belitsa Peninsula

. The wide peninsula projecting in northwest direction from Trinity Peninsula. Bounded by Bone Bay to the northeast, Charcot Bay to the southwest and Bransfield Strait to the northwest. Trapezoid in form, its west and north extremities are formed by

Cape Kjellman Charcot Bay () is a bay about wide between Cape Kater and Cape Kjellman along the Davis Coast of Graham Land, Antarctica. Location Charcot Bay lies at the east end of the Davis Coast on the northwest of the Antarctic Peninsula, at the base ...

and Notter Point respectively. German-British mapping in 1996. Named after the town of

Belitsa BelitsaTown of Belitsa, Municipality Belits ...

in Southwestern Bulgaria.

Gavin Ice Piedmont

. An ice piedmont in Trinity Peninsula, about long and between wide, extending from Charcot Bay to Russell West Glacier. Mapped from surveys by the

(FIDS) (1960-61). Named by the

(UK-APC) for Christopher B. Gavin-Robinson, pilot of FIDASE (1956-57).

Pettus Glacier

. A narrow deeply entrenched glacier long, which flows north from

Ebony Wall Pettus Glacier () is a narrow deeply entrenched glacier long, which flows north from Ebony Wall into Gavin Ice Piedmont between Poynter Hill and Tinsel Dome, Trinity Peninsula, Antarctica. Location Pettus Glacier is in Graham Land in the Tr ...

into Gavin Ice Piedmont between

Poynter Hill Pettus Glacier () is a narrow deeply entrenched glacier long, which flows north from Ebony Wall into Gavin Ice Piedmont between Poynter Hill and Tinsel Dome, Trinity Peninsula, Antarctica. Location Pettus Glacier is in Graham Land in the Tr ...

and Tinsel Dome. Named by UK-APC for Robert N. Pettus, aircraft pilot with FIDASE, 1956-57.

Notter Point

. A rocky point northeast of Cape Kjellman marking the west limit of Bone Bay. The name, applied by Argentina in 1953, memorializes Tomás Notter, a commander of English origin in Admiral William Brown's squadron in the struggle for Argentine independence. He died fighting against the Spanish commander Romarate on March 21, 1814 aboard his small vessel ''Santisima Trinidad'', when his vessel grounded under enemy batteries.

Wimple Dome

. Ice-covered hill, high, standing south of Hanson Hill and east of Bone Bay on the north side of Trinity Peninsula. The name was applied by members of the FIDS following their survey in 1948 and is descriptive of the shape of the feature, a wimple being a type of headdress worn by nuns.

Young Point

. Rocky point south of Cape Roquemaurel at the east side of Bone Bay. Charted by the FIDS in 1948. Named by the UK-APC for Doctor Adam Young, surgeon on the brig Williams which made explorations in the South Shetland Islands and Bransfield Strait in 1820.

Cape Roquemaurel

. Prominent rocky headland at the east side of the entrance to Bone Bay. Discovered by a French expedition, 1837-40, under Captain

Jules Dumont d'Urville Jules Sébastien César Dumont d'Urville (; 23 May 1790 – 8 May 1842) was a French List of explorers, explorer and French Navy, naval officer who explored the south and western Pacific, Australia, New Zealand and Antarctica. As a botanist an ...

, and named by him for Lieutenant Louis de Roquemaurel, second-in-command of the expedition ship ''Astrolabe''.

Islands

Rocks and islands in or near the bay, from west to east, include:

Beaver Rocks

. A group of rocks lying offshore at a point midway between Notter Point and

. Named by UK-APC after a type of aircraft used by the British Antarctic Survey.

Canso Rocks

. Two rocks lying west of Bone Bay, northwest of Notter Point. Named by UK-APC after one of the types of aircraft used by FIDASE (1955-57).

Otter Rock

. A high distinctive rock lying north of Notter Point. Named by UK-APC after the Otter aircraft used by BAS.

Whaleback Rocks

. A group of low rocks lying west of Blake Island in Bone Bay, off the north coast of Trinity Peninsula. Charted in 1948 by members of the FIDS who gave this descriptive name.

Blake Island

. A narrow ice-free island long, lying in Bone Bay. Charted in 1948 by FIDS. Named by UK-APC after Pattrick J. Blake, midshipman on the brig Williams used in exploring the South Shetland Islands and Bransfield Strait in 1820.

Boyer Rocks

. A small group of rocks in the northeast corner of Bone Bay, southwest of Cape Roquemaurel. Mapped from surveys by FIDS (1960-61). Named by UK-APC for Joseph Boyer, French naval officer on the ''Astrolabe'' during her Antarctic voyage (1837-40).

References

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