Couzens Bay
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Couzens Bay is an ice-filled bay
about 10 miles (16.1 km) long, entered between Senia Point
and Cape Goldschmidt
on the western side of the Ross Ice Shelf
. It was named by the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition
(1960–61) for Lieutenant Thomas Couzens, Royal New Zealand Air Force
, who lost his life in a crevasse
accident near Cape Selborne
on November 19, 1959.
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...
about 10 miles (16.1 km) long, entered between Senia Point
Senia Point
Senia Point is an ice-covered point 9 nautical miles south of Cape Selborne, marking the north side of the entrance to Couzens Bay on the west side of Ross Ice Shelf. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names for B. Senia, master of the cargo vessels USNS Mizar during Operation Deepfreeze...
and Cape Goldschmidt
Cape Goldschmidt
Cape Goldschmidt is a low ice-covered cape forming the eastern tip of Nicholson Peninsula, at the west side of the Ross Ice Shelf. Named by the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition for Donald R. Goldschmidt, a member of the NZGSAE parties of 1959-60 and 1960-61 which mapped this...
on the western side of the Ross Ice Shelf
Ross Ice Shelf
The Ross Ice Shelf is the largest ice shelf of Antarctica . It is several hundred metres thick. The nearly vertical ice front to the open sea is more than 600 km long, and between 15 and 50 metres high above the water surface...
. It was named by the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition
New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition
The New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition describes a series of scientific explorations of the continent Antarctica. The expeditions were notably active in 1957-58 and again in 1958-59. The 1957-58 expedition went to the Ross Dependency and named the Borchgrevink Glacier...
(1960–61) for Lieutenant Thomas Couzens, Royal New Zealand Air Force
Royal New Zealand Air Force
The Royal New Zealand Air Force is the air arm of the New Zealand Defence Force...
, who lost his life in a crevasse
Crevasse
A crevasse is a deep crack in an ice sheet rhys glacier . Crevasses form as a result of the movement and resulting stress associated with the sheer stress generated when two semi-rigid pieces above a plastic substrate have different rates of movement...
accident near Cape Selborne
Cape Selborne
Cape Selborne is a high snow-covered cape at the south side of Barne Inlet, the terminus of Byrd Glacier at the west side of the Ross Ice Shelf. Discovered by the Discovery expedition and named for William Waldegrave Palmer Selborne, Second Earl of Selborne, who entered the Cabinet as First Lord...
on November 19, 1959.