Suspiros Bay is a small

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, circular bay with a nar ...

indenting the west end of

Joinville Island Joinville Island is the largest island of the Joinville Island group, about long in an east-west direction and wide, lying off the northeastern tip of the Antarctic Peninsula, from which it is separated by the Antarctic Sound. Joinville Islan ...

just south of

Madder Cliffs The Madder Cliffs are reddish rock cliffs which form the north side of the entrance to Suspiros Bay, at the west end of Joinville Island, Antarctica. They rise steeply from the sea to about . The cliffs were surveyed by the Falkland Islands De ...

. The name was proposed by Captain Emilio L. Diaz, commander of the

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Antarctic task force (1951–52). The

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alludes to the difficulties encountered in surrounding the bay.

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