| Rymill Bay | |
|---|---|
  Rymill Bay | |
| Location | Fallières Coast, Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica |
| Coordinates | 68°24′S67°05′W / 68.400°S 67.083°W |
| Ocean/sea sources | Marguerite Bay, Southern Ocean |
Rymill Bay ( 68°24′S67°05′W / 68.400°S 67.083°W ) is a bay, 9 nautical miles (17 km; 10 mi) wide at its mouth and indenting 5 nautical miles (9.3 km; 5.8 mi) between Red Rock Ridge and Bertrand Ice Piedmont along the west coast of Graham Land, Antarctica. [1]
Rymill Bay is in the east of the larger Marguerite Bay in Graham Land on the Fallières Coast of the Antarctic Peninsula. It is south of Neny Fjord, west of Hadley Upland and north of Mikkelsen Bay. The Bertrand Ice Piedmond extends along its south shore, fed by Martin Glacier. Further north the bay is fed by Romulus Glacier. Red Bay is just north of the bay. Islands and rocks include Bar Island, off Red Bay, Refuge Islands, Garnet Rocks, Breccia Island, Pup Rock and Tiber Rocks. [2]
Rymill Bay was probably first seen from a distance by the French Antarctic Expedition (FrAE) under Jean-Baptiste Charcot in 1909. The bay was first surveyed in 1936 by the British Graham Land Expedition (BGLE) and was resurveyed in 1948 by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS). The name, proposed by members of the BGLE is for John Riddoch Rymill, Australian leader of the British Graham Land Expedition, 1934-37. [1]
Features and nearby features include:
68°30′S67°00′W / 68.500°S 67.000°W . An ice piedmont about 11 nautical miles (20 km; 13 mi) long and from 3 to 5 nautical miles (5.6 to 9.3 km; 3.5 to 5.8 mi) wide, lying between Rymill Bay and Mikkelsen Bay. It is bounded on the southeast side by Pavie Ridge and on the northeast side by Black Thumb. Surveyed in 1936 by the BGLE under Rymill, and resurveyed in 1948-49 by the FIDS. Named by UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) after Kenneth J. Bertrand (1910-78), Professor of Geography, the Catholic University of America, Washington, DC. A geomorphologist and Antarctic historian, Bertrand was a member of the United States Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names, 1947-73; chairman, 1962-73. His Americans in Antarctica, 1775-1948, published in 1971, is the most extensive and authoritative account of American involvement in the Antarctic. [3]
68°29′S66°53′W / 68.483°S 66.883°W . A glacier, 3 nautical miles (5.6 km; 3.5 mi) wide and 9 nautical miles (17 km; 10 mi) long, which flows west and then northwest from the south side of Mount Lupa to the southeast corner of Rymill Bay where it joins the Bertrand Ice Piedmont. First surveyed in 1936 by the BGLE under Rymill. Resurveyed in 1948-49 by the FIDS and named for James H. Martin, member of the British Australian and New Zealand Antarctic Research Expedition (BANZARE) under Douglas Mawson, 1929-31, and first mate of the Penola during the BGLE, 1934-37. [4]
68°23′S66°55′W / 68.383°S 66.917°W . A glacier, 7 nautical miles (13 km; 8.1 mi) long and 2 nautical miles (3.7 km; 2.3 mi) wide, which flows from the north slopes of Mount Lupa westward to Rymill Bay between the Blackwall Mountains and Black Thumb. First surveyed in 1936 by the BGLE under Rymill. Resurveyed in 1948-49 by the FIDS, who so named it for its association with Remus Glacier, whose head lies near the head of this glacier. [5]
68°18′S67°11′W / 68.300°S 67.183°W . A small, open bay lying close south of the west extremity of Red Rock Ridge, along the west coast of Graham Land. First surveyed in 1936 by the BGLE under Rymill. The bay was resurveyed in 1948-49 by the FIDS, and so named by them for its association with Red Rock Ridge. [6]
68°17′S67°12′W / 68.283°S 67.200°W . A long, low, rocky islet lying 0.25 nautical miles (0.46 km; 0.29 mi) off the west end of Red Rock Ridge. First roughly surveyed in 1936 by the BGLE under John Rymill. Resurveyed in 1948-49 by the FIDS, who so named the islet because of its shape. [7]
68°21′S67°10′W / 68.350°S 67.167°W . A small group of islands lying 1|nmi}} from the ice cliffs at the southwest side of Red Rock Ridge. Discovered and named by the BGLE under Rymill, 1934-37, who used these islands as a depot for sledge journeys south from the southern base in the Debenham Islands. [8]
68°21′S67°04′W / 68.350°S 67.067°W . A group of three rocks lying 2 nautical miles (3.7 km; 2.3 mi) east of the Refuge Islands in the north part of Rymill Bay. First surveyed in 1948-49 by the FIDS and so named by them because of the occurrence of garnet in the rocks. [9]
68°22′S67°01′W / 68.367°S 67.017°W . A small low island lying 1 nautical mile (1.9 km; 1.2 mi) northwest of Tiber Rocks in the north part of Rymill Bay. Photographed by Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition (RARE) in November 1947 (trimetrogon air photography). So named by RARE geologist Robert L. Nichols because the country rock is a plutonic breccia. [10]
68°22′S67°03′W / 68.367°S 67.050°W . A rock about 200 metres (660 ft) high in diameter, between Refuge Islands and Tiber Rocks in Rymill Bay. Discovered by geologist Robert L. Nichols of RARE, 1947-48, who applied the name "Three Pup Island." The name has been shortened for the sake of brevity. [11]
68°23′S67°00′W / 68.383°S 67.000°W . A group of rocks lying near the head of Rymill Bay, close west of the mouth of Romulus Glacier and 3 nautical miles (5.6 km; 3.5 mi) northwest of the highest summit of Black Thumb. First seen and roughly surveyed in 1936 by the BGLE under John Rymill. Resurveyed in 1948-49 by the FIDS, and so named by them because of the association of these rocks with nearby Romulus and Remus Glaciers. [12]
Adelaide Island is a large, mainly ice-covered island, 139 kilometres (75 nmi) long and 37 kilometres (20 nmi) wide, lying at the north side of Marguerite Bay off the west coast of the Antarctic Peninsula. The Ginger Islands lie off the southern end. Mount Bodys is the easternmost mountain on Adelaide Island, rising to over 1,220 m. The island lies within the Argentine, British and Chilean Antarctic claims.
Mikkelsen Bay is a bay, 15 nautical miles wide at its mouth and indenting 10 nautical miles, entered between Bertrand Ice Piedmont and Cape Berteaux along the west coast of Graham Land, Antarctica.
The Debenham Islands are a group of islands and rocks lying between Millerand Island and the west coast of Graham Land, Antarctica.
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The Eternity Range is a range of mountains 28 nautical miles long, rising to 3,239 metres (10,627 ft), and trending north–south approximately in the middle of the Antarctic Peninsula. The range is divided into three main mountain blocks, the major summits in each from north to south being Mounts Faith, Hope and Charity.
Mount Stephenson is a mountain in Antarctica. It is located within the central portion of the Douglas Range, standing at the heads of Toynbee Glacier and Sedgwick Glacier 13 kilometres (8.1 mi) west of George VI Sound, near the east coast of Alexander Island within the British Antarctic Territory. At an elevation of 2,987 metres (9,800 ft), Mount Stephenson is the highest mountain in the Douglas Range and the highest point on Alexander Island. Mount Egbert ranks second, standing at 2,895 m and lies 8 nautical miles south-southeast of Mount Stephenson.
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Wyatt Island is an island, 5 nautical miles (9 km) long and 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) wide, lying 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) south of Day Island near the center of Laubeuf Fjord, off the west coast of Graham Land. First surveyed in 1936 by the British Graham Land Expedition (BGLE) under Rymill which used the
Stipple Rocks is a compact group of more than twenty rocks, lying 3 nautical miles (6 km) northwest of Millerand Island in Marguerite Bay, off the west coast of Graham Land. First surveyed in 1936 by the British Graham Land Expedition (BGLE) under Rymill, and resurveyed in 1949 by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS). The name, applied by FIDS, is descriptive of the representation on a map of the numerous rocks in this group.
Stonehouse Bay is a bay in Antarctica on the west side of Laubeuf Fjord, indenting the east coast of Adelaide Island between Hunt Peak and Sighing Peak. The bay is 5 nautical miles (9 km) wide. It was first sighted and surveyed in January 1909 by the French Antarctic Expedition under Jean-Baptiste Charcot. The bay was named for Bernard Stonehouse of the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS), a meteorologist in 1947-48 and biologist in 1949 at Stonington Island and leader of the FIDS sledge party which resurveyed the bay in 1948.
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Riley Glacier is a heavily crevassed glacier, 14 nautical miles (26 km) long and 17 nautical miles (31 km) wide, flowing westward from the west side of Palmer Land into George VI Sound between the Traverse Mountains and Mount Dixey. First sighted and surveyed in 1936 by the British Graham Land Expedition (BGLE) under Rymill. Resurveyed in 1949 by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) and named for Quintin T.P.M. Riley, assistant meteorologist of the BGLE, 1934–37. The glacier sits at 70° 06' 00.0" S latitude and 67° 55' 00.0" W longitude.
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