Dorian Bay
Bahia Dorian Refuge | |
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Refuge | |
Bahia Dorian Refuge Location of Dorian Bay in Antarctic Peninsula | |
Coordinates: 64°49′04″S 63°30′15″W / 64.817648°S 63.504133°W | |
Country | Argentina |
Location in Antarctica | Dorian Bay Wiencke Island Antarctica |
Administered by | Argentine Antarctica |
Established | 1957 |
Type | Seasonal |
Status | Operational |
Dorian Bay (64°49′S 63°30′W / 64.817°S 63.500°WCoordinates: 64°49′S 63°30′W / 64.817°S 63.500°W) is a cove on the northwest side of Wiencke Island, 0.5 nautical miles (1 km) east-northeast of Damoy Point, in the Palmer Archipelago of Antarctica. It was discovered by the French Antarctic Expedition, 1903–05, under Jean-Baptiste Charcot, and named by him after Monsieur Dorian, a member of the French Chamber of Deputies.[1]
Bahia Dorian Refuge and Damoy Hut[]
Two structures were erected on the shores of Dorian Bay; the Argentine in 1957, and a larger building known as the in 1975, where it served flights to and from a summer-use ice-strip for aircraft used before the sea-ice cleared near Rothera Base. The Damoy hut and ice-strip were closed in 1995: the building is now listed as an Historic Site and Monument and is maintained and administered by the United Kingdom Antarctic Heritage Trust.
1990 wintering[]
Starting in 1990, Amyr Klink spent 13 months in Dorian Bay with the ship Paratii. The wintering is the theme of his book Between Two Poles.
See also[]
References[]
- ^ "Dorian Bay". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2012-01-26.
This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document: "Dorian Bay". (content from the Geographic Names Information System)
- Outposts of Antarctica
- Wiencke Island
- Coves of Graham Land
- Landforms of the Palmer Archipelago
- Historic Sites and Monuments of Antarctica
- Palmer Archipelago geography stubs