Darbel Bay

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Darbel Bay ( 66°30′S65°55′W / 66.500°S 65.917°W / -66.500; -65.917 ) is a bay 25 nautical miles (50 km) wide, indenting the west coast of Graham Land between Stresher Peninsula and Pernik Peninsula. Entered southwest of Cape Bellue and northeast of Cape Rey. The glaciers Widmark Ice Piedmont, Cardell, Erskine, Hopkins, Drummond, Widdowson, McCance, Solun, and Škorpil feed the bay.

It was discovered and roughly charted by the French Antarctic Expedition, 1908–10, under Jean-Baptiste Charcot, who gave it the name Baie Marin Darbel. The bay was further charted in 1931 by Discovery Investigations personnel on the Discovery II , and by the British Graham Land Expedition, 1934–37, under John Rymill. [1]

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References

  1. "Darbel Bay". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior . Retrieved 2011-12-21.

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