Blind Bay (Antarctica)
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Blind Bay is a small bay
forming the north-east extremity and head of Bourgeois Fjord
and marking the junction of Fallières Coast
and Loubet Coast, along the west coast of Graham Land
. It was first surveyed in 1936 by the British Graham Land Expedition
under Rymill, and so named by the Falklands Islands Dependencies Survey, following a 1949 survey, because the bay proved a blind alley to sledging parties.
Bay
A bay is an area of water mostly surrounded by land. Bays generally have calmer waters than the surrounding sea, due to the surrounding land blocking some waves and often reducing winds. Bays also exist as an inlet in a lake or pond. A large bay may be called a gulf, a sea, a sound, or a bight...
forming the north-east extremity and head of Bourgeois Fjord
Bourgeois Fjord
Bourgeois Fjord is an inlet, long in a northeast–southwest direction and wide, lying between the east sides of Pourquoi Pas Island and Blaiklock Island and the west coast of Graham Land. It separates Loubet Coast to the north from Fallières Coast to the south...
and marking the junction of Fallières Coast
Fallieres Coast
Fallières Coast is that portion of the west coast of the Antarctic Peninsula between the head of Bourgeois Fjord and Cape Jeremy and lies on Marguerite Bay and the Wordie Ice Shelf. On the south it is joined by Rymill Coast, and in the north by Loubet Coast. Fallières Coast was first explored in...
and Loubet Coast, along the west coast of Graham Land
Graham Land
Graham Land is that portion of the Antarctic Peninsula which lies north of a line joining Cape Jeremy and Cape Agassiz. This description of Graham Land is consistent with the 1964 agreement between the British Antarctic Place-names Committee and the US Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names, in...
. It was first surveyed in 1936 by the British Graham Land Expedition
British Graham Land Expedition
A British expedition to Graham Land led by John Lachlan Cope took place between 1920 and 1922. The British Graham Land Expedition was a geophysical and exploration expedition to Graham Land in Antarctica between 1934 to 1937. Under the leadership of John Riddoch Rymill, the expedition spent two...
under Rymill, and so named by the Falklands Islands Dependencies Survey, following a 1949 survey, because the bay proved a blind alley to sledging parties.