
Seraph Bay is an open
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 (geography), gulf, sea, sound (geography), sound, or bight (geogra ...
about 15 nautical miles (28 km) wide, formed at the southeast end of
Thurston Island
Thurston Island is an ice-covered, glacially dissected island, long, wide and in area, lying a short way off the northwest end of Ellsworth Land, Antarctica. It is the third-largest island of Antarctica, after Alexander Island and Berkner Is ...
. It is bounded by
Cape Annawan
Tierney Peninsula () is an ice-covered peninsula about 14 nautical miles (26 km) long, between Savage Glacier and Morgan Inlet in the east end of Thurston Island. The east extremity of the peninsula (and Thurston Island overall) is Cape Anna ...
on the northwest,
Abbot Ice Shelf
The Abbot Ice Shelf is an ice shelf long and wide, bordering Eights Coast from Cape Waite to Pfrogner Point in Antarctica. Thurston Island lies along the northern edge of the western half of this ice shelf; other sizable islands ( Sherman, ...
on the southwest and
Dustin Island on the southeast. It was discovered by members of the
United States Antarctic Service
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 presence in the A ...
in flights from the ship ''Bear'' in February 1940. The bay was more accurately delineated by the U.S. Navy
Bellingshausen Sea Expedition in February 1960. It was named by the
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 ...
for the brig Seraph of Stonington, CT, which in 1830, under Captain Benjamin Pendleton, sailed westward from the
South Shetland Islands
The South Shetland Islands are a group of Antarctic islands with a total area of . They lie about north of the Antarctic Peninsula, and between southwest of the nearest point of the South Orkney Islands. By the Antarctic Treaty of 195 ...
, reaching as far as 101W, south of 60S.
Maps
Thurston Island – Jones Mountains.1:500000 Antarctica Sketch Map. US Geological Survey, 1967.
Antarctic Digital Database (ADD).Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR), 1993–2016.
Further reading
* Defense Mapping Agency 1992,
Sailing Directions (planning Guide) and (enroute) for Antarctica', P 379
* United States. Defense Mapping Agency. Hydrographic Center,
Sailing Directions for Antarctica: Includes Islands South of Latitude 60°', P 210
External links
Seraph Bayon
USGS
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website
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AADC website
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SCAR
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website
Seraph Bayon marineregions.org
References
Bays of Ellsworth Land
Thurston Island
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