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Cranton Bay () is a bay about long and wide, lying south of the
Canisteo Peninsula Canisteo Peninsula () is an ice-covered peninsula, about long and wide, which projects between Ferrero Bay and Cranton Bay into the eastern extremity of the Amundsen Sea. Location The Canisteo Peninsula extends westward into the Amundsen S ...
, Antarctica, at the eastern end of the
Amundsen Sea The Amundsen Sea is an arm of the Southern Ocean off Marie Byrd Land in western Antarctica. It lies between Cape Flying Fish (the northwestern tip of Thurston Island) to the east and Cape Dart on Siple Island to the west. Cape Flying Fish ...
. The southern limit of the bay is formed by the Backer Islands and an
ice shelf An ice shelf is a large platform of glacial ice floating on the ocean, fed by one or multiple tributary glaciers. Ice shelves form along coastlines where the ice thickness is insufficient to displace the more dense surrounding ocean water. T ...
which separates this bay from
Pine Island Bay The Amundsen Sea is an arm of the Southern Ocean off Marie Byrd Land in western Antarctica. It lies between Cape Flying Fish (the northwestern tip of Thurston Island) to the east and Cape Dart on Siple Island to the west. Cape Flying Fish marks ...
.


Location

Cranton Bay is on the
Walgreen Coast The Walgreen Coast () is a portion of the coast of Antarctica between Cape Herlacher and Cape Waite, or between Eights Coast on the east and Bakutis Coast in the west. It is part of Marie Byrd Land. It extends from 103°24'W to 114°12'W. It ...
of the
Amundsen Sea The Amundsen Sea is an arm of the Southern Ocean off Marie Byrd Land in western Antarctica. It lies between Cape Flying Fish (the northwestern tip of Thurston Island) to the east and Cape Dart on Siple Island to the west. Cape Flying Fish ...
to the south of the
Canisteo Peninsula Canisteo Peninsula () is an ice-covered peninsula, about long and wide, which projects between Ferrero Bay and Cranton Bay into the eastern extremity of the Amundsen Sea. Location The Canisteo Peninsula extends westward into the Amundsen S ...
. It is east of the northern part of the
Hudson Mountains The Hudson Mountains are a mountain range in western Ellsworth Land just east of Pine Island Bay at the Walgreen Coast of the Amundsen Sea. They are of volcanic origin, consisting of low scattered mountains and nunataks that protrude through ...
. Islands in Cranton Bay, or west of the bay, include Clark Island, Jaynes Islands, Brownson Islands, Backer Islands, Suchland Islands, McKinzie Islands and Dyment Island.


Mapping and name

Cranton Bay was mapped from air photographs taken by United States Navy
Operation Highjump Operation HIGHJUMP, officially titled The United States Navy Antarctic Developments Program, 1946–1947, (also called Task Force 68), was a United States Navy (USN) operation to establish the Antarctic research base Little America (exploration b ...
, 1946–47. It was named by the United States
Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (ACAN or US-ACAN) is an advisory committee of the United States Board on Geographic Names responsible for recommending commemorative names for features in Antarctica. History The committee was established ...
(US-ACAN) for Lieutenant Elmer M. Cranton,
United States Navy The United States Navy (USN) is the naval warfare, maritime military branch, service branch of the United States Department of Defense. It is the world's most powerful navy with the largest Displacement (ship), displacement, at 4.5 millio ...
, medical officer and officer in charge at
Byrd Station The Byrd Station is a former research station established by the United States during the International Geophysical Year by U.S. Navy Seabees during Operation Deep Freeze II in West Antarctica. It was a year-round base until 1972, and then se ...
, 1967.


Islands


Clark Island

. An island long in the eastern Amundsen Sea. It is the largest island of a small group lying west-southwest of Canisteo Peninsula. Mapped by the
United States Geological Survey The United States Geological Survey (USGS), founded as the Geological Survey, is an agency of the U.S. Department of the Interior whose work spans the disciplines of biology, geography, geology, and hydrology. The agency was founded on Mar ...
(USGS) from surveys and United States Navy air photos, 1960-66. Named by US-ACAN for F. Jerry Clark who participated in
United States Antarctic Research Program The United States Antarctic Program (or USAP; formerly known as the United States Antarctic Research Program or USARP and the United States Antarctic Service or USAS) is an organization of the United States government which has a presence in the ...
(USARP) glaciological-geophysical work at Roosevelt Island, 1961-62, and on traverses from
Byrd Station The Byrd Station is a former research station established by the United States during the International Geophysical Year by U.S. Navy Seabees during Operation Deep Freeze II in West Antarctica. It was a year-round base until 1972, and then se ...
, 1963-64.


Jaynes Islands

. A cluster of small islands located west of the southwest end of Canisteo Peninsula. Mapped by USGS from surveys and United States Navy air photos, 1960-66. Named by US-ACAN for James T. Jaynes, United States Navy, equipment operator at Byrd Station, 1966.


Brownson Islands

. Group of about 20 small islands which lie just outside the entrance to Cranton Bay, about southwest of the southwest tip of Canisteo Peninsula. Delineated from aerial photographs taken by United States Navy OpHjp in December 1946. Named by US-ACAN for the USS ''Brownson'', a vessel of the eastern task group of this expedition.


Backer Islands

. A chain of small islands at the south side of Cranton Bay. The islands trend northwest for from the ice shelf which forms the south limit of the bay. Mapped by USGS from surveys and United States Navy air photos, 1960-66. Named by US-ACAN for Walter K. Backer, United States Navy, chief construction mechanic at Byrd Station, 1967.


Suchland Islands

. A group of about eight small islands lying just inside the central part of the mouth of Cranton Bay. Mapped by USGS from surveys and United States Navy air photos, 1960-66. Named by US-ACAN for Everett B. Suchland, Jr., United States Navy, radioman at Byrd Station, 1967.


McKinzie Islands

. A group of small islands in the northeast extremity of Cranton Bay. Mapped by USGS from surveys and United States Navy air photos, 1960-66. Named by US-ACAN for Richard H. McKinzie, United States Navy, hospital corpsman at Byrd Station, 1967.


Dyment Island

. A small island lying southwest of McKinzie Islands in the inner-central part of Cranton Bay. Mapped by USGS from surveys and United States Navy air photos, 1960-66. Named by US-ACAN after Donald I. Dyment, United States Navy, cook at Byrd Station, 1967.


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