Beascochea Bay

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Beascochea Bay

Beascochea Bay (65°30′S 64°0′W / 65.500°S 64.000°W / -65.500; -64.000Coordinates: 65°30′S 64°0′W / 65.500°S 64.000°W / -65.500; -64.000) is a bay, 10 nautical miles (19 km) long and 5 nautical miles (9 km) wide, indenting the Graham Coast of Graham Land, Antarctica, between Kiev Peninsula and Barison Peninsula, and entered south of Cape Perez. It was discovered but incompletely defined by the Belgian Antarctic Expedition, 1897–99; was resighted by the French Antarctic Expedition, 1903–05, and named by Jean-Baptiste Charcot for Commander Beascochea, Argentine Navy. It was then more accurately charted by the British Graham Land Expedition, 1934–37.[1]

References

  1. ↑ "Beascochea Bay". Geographic Names Information System, U.S. Geological Survey. Retrieved 2011-05-25. 

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