Börgen Bay

Börgen Bay (

64°45′S 63°30′W / 64.750°S 63.500°W / -64.750; -63.500Coordinates: 64°45���S 63°30′W / 64.750°S 63.500°W / -64.750; -63.500) is a bay 4 nautical miles (7 km) wide, indenting the southeast coast of Anvers Island in the Palmer Archipelago of Antarctica.^[1] Canty Point marks the west side of the entrance to Börgen Bay, while Bay Point marks the east entrance.^[2][3] Billie Peak stands 1.5 nautical miles (3 km) east-northeast of Bay Point.^[4]

The bay and its headlands were first charted by the Belgian Antarctic Expedition, 1897–99.^[1][2][3] The bay was named by the expedition's leader, Adrien de Gerlache, for Karl Börgen, the German astronomer.^[1] Canty Point was later surveyed by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) in 1955. It was named by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee for John Canty of FIDS, radio operator/mechanic at the Arthur Harbour station in 1955 and a member of the sledging party which visited the point.^[2] Bay Point is first named on a chart based on a 1927 Discovery Investigations survey, but may reflect an earlier naming.^[3]

Both Hooper Glacier and William Glacier flow into the bay from inland.^[5][6] Gateway Ridge separates them from one another.^[7]

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