Markham Bay () is a bay wide, lying between Ekelöf Point and Hamilton Point on the east side of

James Ross Island James Ross Island () is a large island off the southeast side and near the northeastern extremity of the Antarctic Peninsula, from which it is separated by Prince Gustav Channel. Rising to , it is irregularly shaped and extends in a north–so ...

, Antarctica.

Location

Markham Bay indents the southeast shore of

, which lies to the southwest 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 ...

, at the tip of the

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Graham Land Graham Land is the portion of the Antarctic Peninsula that lies north of a line joining Cape Jeremy and Cape Agassiz. This description of Graham Land is consistent with the 1964 agreement between the British Antarctic Place-names Committee ...

. It faces

Snow Hill Island Snow Hill Island is an almost completely snowcapped island, long and wide, lying off the east coast of the Antarctic Peninsula. It is separated from James Ross Island to the north-east by Admiralty Sound and from Seymour Island to the north by ...

and

Seymour Island Seymour Island or Marambio Island, is an island in the chain of 16 major islands around the tip of the Graham Land on the Antarctic Peninsula. Graham Land is the closest part of Antarctica to South America. It lies within the section of the isl ...

to the southeast. It is below

Mount Haddington Mount Haddington is a massive high shield volcano comprising much of James Ross Island in Graham Land, Antarctica. It is wide and has had numerous subglacial eruptions throughout its history, forming many tuyas. Some of its single eruptions w ...

to the northwest.

Exploration and name

Markham Bay was possibly first seen by a British expedition under

James Clark Ross Sir James Clark Ross (15 April 1800 – 3 April 1862) was a British Royal Navy officer and explorer of both the northern and southern polar regions. In the Arctic, he participated in two expeditions led by his uncle, Sir John Ross, John ...

, who explored this area in 1842–43. It was first charted by the

Swedish Antarctic Expedition The Swedish Antarctic Expedition of 1901–1903 was a scientific expedition led by Otto Nordenskjöld and Carl Anton Larsen. It was the first Swedish endeavour to Antarctica in the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration. Background Otto Nordensk ...

(SwedAE), 1901–04, under

Otto Nordenskjöld Nils Otto Gustaf Nordenskjöld (6 December 1869 – 2 June 1928) was a Swedish geologist, geographer, and polar explorer. Early life Nordenskjöld was born in Hässleby in Småland in eastern Sweden, in a family that included his maternal unc ...

, who named it for

Sir Clements Markham Sir Clements Robert Markham (20 July 1830 – 30 January 1916) was an English geographer, explorer and writer. He was secretary of the Royal Geographical Society (RGS) between 1863 and 1888, and later served as the Society's president fo ...

Features

Ekelöf Point

. A high rocky point which lies southwest of Cape Gage and marks the north side of the entrance to Markham Bay. First seen and surveyed by the SwedAE under Otto Nordenskjöld, 1901-04, who named it Kap Ekelöf after Doctor Eric kelöf, medical officer of the expedition. Resurveyed by the

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(FIDS) in 1953. Point is considered a more suitable descriptive term for this feature than cape.

Saint Rita Point

. A point terminating in a steep rock outcrop immediately north of the mouth of Gourdon Glacier. The name "Cabo Santa Rita" appears on a 1959 Argentine map. Saint

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(1381-1457), an Italian, was canonized in 1900 and is well known throughout the Spanish-speaking world as the saint of desperate causes.

Gourdon Glacier

. A glacier long, flowing southeast into Markham Bay between Saint Rita Point and Rabot Point. It has a conspicuous rock wall at its head. First surveyed by the SwedAE under Otto Nordenskjöld, 1901-04, who named it for Ernest Gourdon, geologist and glaciologist of the French Antarctic Expedition, 1903-05.

Rabot Point

. A high rocky point in Markham Bay that separates the mouths of Gourdon Glacier and Hobbs Glacier. The name "Rabot Gletscher" after the French glaciologist,

Charles Rabot Charles Rabot (26 June 1856 in Nevers − 1 February 1944 in Martigné-Ferchaud) was a French geographer, glaciologist, traveler, journalist, lecturer, translation, translator, and explorer. He was also the first person to climb Kebnekaise, the ta ...

, was originally given by Otto Nordenskjold, leader of the SwedAE, 1901-04, to a small glacier close west of

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on the south side of the island. The FIDS surveyed the south part of the island in 1953 and found that the glacier is very insignificant and does not require a name. In order to preserve the name Rabot in the vicinity, the UK-APC has applied it to the point described.

Hobbs Glacier

. A glacier situated in a steep, rock-walled cirque at the northwest side of Hamilton Point, and flowing southeast into the south part of Markham Bay. First seen and surveyed by SwedAE, 1901-04, under Otto Nordenskjöld, who named it for Professor William H. Hobbs (1864-1953), American geologist and glaciologist.

Redshaw Point

. An ice-free point facing Markham Bay, situated between Hobbs Glacier and Ball Glacier. Named by UK Antarctic Place-names Committee (UK-APC) in 1995 after Susan Margaret Redshaw (b. 1954), British Antarctic Survey (BAS) General Field Assistant at James Ross Island, 1990-91; Rothera Station, 1992-93; from 1994-95, a member of the British Antarctic Survey (BAS) field party in the Jame Ross Island area.

Ball Glacier

. A small glacier separating Redshaw Point from Hamilton Point, flowing northeast to Markham Bay on the southeast side of James Ross Island. Named by UK Antarctic Place-names Committee (UK-APC) in 1995 after H. William Ball (b. 1926), Keeper of Paleontology, British Museum (Natural History), 1966-86, and author of Falklands Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) Scientific Report No. 24 on fossils from the James Ross Island area.

Hamilton Point

. A flat-topped point marking the south side of the entrance to Markham Bay. Discovered by a British expedition under

, 1839-43, who named it Cape Hamilton after Captain

William Baillie-Hamilton Admiral William Alexander Baillie-Hamilton (6 June 1803 – 1 October 1881) was a Scottish naval commander who served as Second Secretary to the Admiralty from 28 April 1845 to 22 May 1855. Biography A member of the Baillie-Hamilton fam ...

, Royal Navy, then private secretary to the Earl of Haddington, and later Second Secretary to the Admiralty. First surveyed by the SwedAE under Otto Nordenskjöld, 1901-04, and resurveyed by the FIDS in 1953. Point is considered a more suitable descriptive term for the feature than cape.

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