Laubeuf Fjord is a sound

Sound

Sound is a mechanical wave that is an oscillation of pressure transmitted through a solid, liquid, or gas, composed of frequencies within the range of hearing and of a level sufficiently strong to be heard, or the sensation stimulated in organs of hearing by such vibrations.-Propagation of...

 in Antarctica, 25 miles (40 km) long in a north-south direction and averaging 10 miles (16 km) wide, lying between the east-central portion of Adelaide Island

Adelaide Island

Adelaide Island or Isla Adelaida or Isla Belgrano is a large, mainly ice-covered island, long and wide, lying at the north side of Marguerite Bay off the west coast of the Antarctic Peninsula. The island lies within the Argentine, British and Chilean Antarctic claims, at .Adelaide Island was...

 and the southern part of Arrowsmith Peninsula

Arrowsmith Peninsula

Arrowsmith Peninsula is a cape about long on the west coast of Graham Land, west of Forel Glacier, Sharp Glacier and Lallemand Fjord, and northwest of Bourgeois Fjord, with Hanusse Bay lying to the northwest. It was surveyed by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey in 1955-58 and named for...

, 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 connects Hanusse Bay

Hanusse Bay

Hanusse Bay is a broad bay, 20 miles long in a general north-south direction, lying between the northern portions of Adelaide Island and Arrowsmith Peninsula. Liard Island lies in its northern portion. It was discovered and first charted by the French Antarctic Expedition, 1908-10, under Charcot,...

 to the north with Marguerite Bay

Marguerite Bay

Marguerite Bay or Margaret Bay is an extensive bay on the west side of the Antarctic Peninsula, which is bounded on the north by Adelaide Island and on the south by Wordie Ice Shelf, George VI Sound and Alexander Island. The mainland coast on the Antarctic Peninsula is Fallières Coast. Islands...

 to the south. The southern 'border' between Laubeuf Fjord and Marguerite Bay is formed by the line between Rothera Point

Rothera Point

Rothera Point is a point at the east side of the entrance to Ryder Bay, on the southeast coast of Adelaide Island. Charted by the French Antarctic Expedition under Charcot, 1908-10. Named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee in 1960 for John M...

, Adelaide Island, and Cape Sáenz

Cape Saenz

Cape Saenz is a cape between Laubeuf and Bigourdan Fjords, forming the south extremity of Arrowsmith Peninsula on the west coast of Graham Land. Discovered by the French Antarctic Expedition under Charcot, 1908–10, and named by him for Dr. Roque Sáenz Peña, President of the Argentine Republic,...

, which is the southernmost point of the Arrowsmith Peninsula. The fjord was discovered by the French Antarctic Expedition

French Antarctic Expedition

French Antarctic Expedition refers to several French expeditions in Antarctica.-First expedition:Yves-Joseph de Kerguelen-Trémarec was a French explorer....

, 1908–10, under Jean-Baptiste Charcot, and named by him for Maxime Laubeuf

Maxime Laubeuf

Maxime Laubeuf was a French maritime engineer of the late nineteenth century. He was born on 23 November 1864 at Poissy, Yvelines, and died on 23 December 1939 in Cannes, Alpes-Maritimes....

, a French marine engineer who supervised building the engine for the ship Pourquoi-Pas.

There are several islands in Laubeuf Fjord. The largest and northernmost of these is Day Island

Day Island

Day Island is an island, 7 nautical miles long and 3 nautical miles wide, lying immediately south of The Gullet and 2 nautical miles north of Wyatt Island in the north part of Laubeuf Fjord, off the west coast of Graham Land...

, followed by Wyatt Island

Wyatt Island

Wyatt Island is an island, 5 nautical miles long and 2 nautical miles wide, lying 2 nautical miles south of Day Island near the center of Laubeuf Fjord, off the west coast of Graham Land. First surveyed in 1936 by the British Graham Land Expedition under Rymill which used the...

 a bit further south. Still further south are the smaller Webb Island

Webb Island

Webb Island is a rocky island in Antarctica, 1.5 nautical miles long, lying in Laubeuf Fjord about 3 nautical miles south of the entrance to Stonehouse Bay, close to Adelaide Island. It was discovered by the French Antarctic Expedition under Jean Baptiste Charcot, 1908–10, and named by...

 and Pinero Island

Pinero Island

Pinero Island is an island 2 nautical miles long and 0.5 nautical miles wide, lying about 4.5 nautical miles northwest of Pourquoi Pas Island, off the west coast of Graham Land. Discovered by the French Antarctic Expedition under Charcot, 1908–10, and named by him for Dr. Antonio F...

. There are also various very small, mostly rocky islets, such as the Brockhamp Islands

Brockhamp Islands

Brockhamp Islands are two small islands in Laubeuf Fjord, lying southwest of Mothes Point, Adelaide Island. They were mapped by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey from Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition air photos, 1947–48, and FIDS surveys, 1948–50. They were named by the UK Antarctic...

, Covey Rocks

Covey Rocks

Covey Rocks are a small group of rocks in Laubeuf Fjord, lying midway between Pinero Island and Cape Saenz, off the west coast of Graham Land. They were first roughly surveyed in 1936 by the British Graham Land Expedition under Rymill...

 and Killingbeck Island

Killingbeck Island

Killingbeck Island is a small island lying east of Rothera Point, off the southeast coast of Adelaide Island. Named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee in 1964 for John B. Killingbeck, British Antarctic Survey glaciologist in 1960-63....

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Several large glaciers calve into Laubeuf Fjord. From the Arrowsmith Peninsula

Arrowsmith Peninsula

Arrowsmith Peninsula is a cape about long on the west coast of Graham Land, west of Forel Glacier, Sharp Glacier and Lallemand Fjord, and northwest of Bourgeois Fjord, with Hanusse Bay lying to the northwest. It was surveyed by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey in 1955-58 and named for...

 these are the Ward Glacier

Ward Glacier

Ward Glacier is a small glacier between Terminus Mountain and Howchin Glacier on the east side of the Royal Society Range in Victoria Land. Named by Taylor of the British Antarctic Expedition for L. Ward, a Tasmanian geologist....

, the Vallot Glacier

Vallot Glacier

Vallot Glacier is a glacier flowing northwest to Laubeuf Fjord close south of Lewis Peaks, on Arrowsmith Peninsula in Graham Land. It was mapped by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey from surveys and air photos, 1948–59, and was named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee ...

 and the Nye Glacier

Nye Glacier

Nye Glacier is a glacier on Arrowsmith Peninsula flowing southwest to Whistling Bay, in Graham Land. Mapped by Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey from surveys and air photos, 1948-59. Named by United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee for John F...

. From Adelaide Island comes the huge Shambles Glacier

Shambles Glacier

Shambles Glacier is a steep glacier 4 miles long and 6 miles wide, with very prominent hummocks and crevasses, flowing east between Mount Bouvier and Mount Mangin into Stonehouse Bay on the east side of Adelaide Island...

 that terminates in Stonehouse Bay

Stonehouse Bay

Stonehouse Bay is a bay in Antarctica on the west side of Laubeuf Fjord, indenting the east coast of Adelaide Island between Hunt Peak and Sighing Peak. The bay is 5 nautical miles wide. It was first sighted and surveyed in January 1909 by the French Antarctic Expedition under Jean-Baptiste Charcot...

, a large bay on the west side of Laubeuf Fjord.