Trepassey Bay (Antarctica)
Trepassey Bay (Spanish: Bahía Corrientes) is a bay that's 1.2 kilometers wide, located on the northeast side of the Tabarin Peninsula, 5.6 kilometers south-southeast of the Hope Bay, in the extreme northeast of the Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica.[1][2] First surveyed by the Falklands Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) and by E. Burden, Master of the Trepassey, from that vessel in 1947. Resurveyed in 1955 by the Falklands Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS).[1] Named by the UK Antarctic Place-names Committee (UK-APC) for the vessel which was used for the relief of the station at Hope Bay in 1946-47 seasons and for a survey of Antarctic Sound during the second season.[1]
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- ^ a b c "Trepassey Bay". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2018-06-08.
- ^ "Trepassey, bahía | Map". Mapcarta.
This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document: "Trepassey Bay (Antarctica)". (content from the Geographic Names Information System)
Coordinates: 63°28′S 56°58′W / 63.467°S 56.967°W
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