Abernethy Flats

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Abernethy Flats (63°52′S, 57°54′W) is a gravel plain cut by braided streams at the head of Brandy Bay, James Ross Island. Named by United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) in 1983 after Thomas Abernethy, gunner on HMS Erebus (Capt. James Clark Ross) during exploration of these waters in 1842-43.

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