Piner Bay is an open bay long and wide between

Cape Bienvenue Cape Bienvenue is a small rocky cape which is partially ice-covered, 44 m, forming the east side of the entrance to Piner Bay. Photographed from the air by U.S. Navy Operation Highjump, 1946–47. Charted and named by the French Antarctic Exped ...

and the east side of Astrolabe Glacier Tongue. Discovered on January 30, 1840, by the

United States Exploring Expedition The United States Exploring Expedition of 1838–1842 was an exploring and surveying expedition of the Pacific Ocean and surrounding lands conducted by the United States. The original appointed commanding officer was Commodore Thomas ap Catesby ...

under Wilkes, who named it for Thomas Piner, signal quartermaster on the USEE flagship Vincennes. This feature correlates closely with portions of the sketch of " Piners Bay" as shown on Wilkes' chart of 1840.

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Bays of Adélie Land {{AdélieLand-geo-stub