Ravin Bay
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Ravin Bay is a small bay
between Cape Pepin
and the point where Francais Glacier
discharges into the sea. Discovered in 1840 by a French expedition under Captain Jules Dumont
d'Urville and named by him for the aspect of the coast, "ravin" being French for ravine.
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...
between Cape Pepin
Cape Pepin
Cape Pepin is an ice-covered cape between Ravin Bay and Barre Glacier. Discovered in 1840 by the French expedition under Captain Jules Dumont d'Urville and named by him for his wife Adele Pepin. The area was charted by the Australasian Antarctic Expedition in 1912-13, and again by the British...
and the point where Francais Glacier
Francais Glacier
Francais Glacier is a glacier 4 nautical miles wide and 12 nautical miles long, flowing north-northeast from the continental ice to the coast close west of Ravin Bay...
discharges into the sea. Discovered in 1840 by a French expedition under Captain Jules Dumont
Jules Dumont
Jules Dumont was born in Roubaix, 1 January 1888, and died at Suresnes, Mont Valérien, 15 June 1943.Dumont was a French militant Communist. He fought in the Spanish Civil War, commanding the Commune de Paris Battalion, XIV International Brigade. He was active in the French Resistance in the Second...
d'Urville and named by him for the aspect of the coast, "ravin" being French for ravine.