Rennick Bay is an embayment of the coastline at the terminus of Rennick Glacier

Rennick Glacier

Rennick Glacier is broad glacier, nearly 200 miles long, which is one of the largest in Antarctica. It rises on the polar plateau westward of Mesa Range and is 20 to 30 miles wide, narrowing to 10 miles near the coast. It takes its name from Rennick Bay where the glacier reaches the sea. The...

. It is bounded on the west and east by Belousov Point

Belousov Point

Belousov Point is an ice-covered headland forming the southern tip of the Anderson Peninsula, located just north of the terminus of Suvorov Glacier. It was mapped by the Soviet Antarctic Expedition of 1958 and named for the Soviet polar captain Mikhail P. Belousov, 1904–46....

 and Stuhlinger Ice Piedmont

Stuhlinger Ice Piedmont

Stuhlinger Ice Piedmont is a coastal ice piedmont, about 10 nautical miles long and wide, located immediately north of Bowers Mountains and between the lower ends of Gannutz and Barber Glaciers. Mapped by United States Geological Survey from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1960-62...

. The eastern part of the bay

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...

 was discovered from the ship Terra Nova

Terra Nova (ship)

The Terra Nova was built in 1884 for the Dundee whaling and sealing fleet. She worked for 10 years in the annual seal fishery in the Labrador Sea, proving her worth for many years before she was called upon for expedition work.Terra Nova was ideally suited to the polar regions...

, of the British Antarctic Expedition

Terra Nova Expedition

The Terra Nova Expedition , officially the British Antarctic Expedition 1910, was led by Robert Falcon Scott with the objective of being the first to reach the geographical South Pole. Scott and four companions attained the pole on 17 January 1912, to find that a Norwegian team led by Roald...

 (1910–13) under Scott. Named by the British Antarctic Expedition for Lieutenant Henry E. de P. Rennick, Royal Navy

Royal Navy

The Royal Navy is the naval warfare service branch of the British Armed Forces. Founded in the 16th century, it is the oldest service branch and is known as the Senior Service...

, an officer on the Terra Nova. The bay was photographed by U.S. Navy Operation Highjump (1947) and by the Soviet Antarctic Expedition

Soviet Antarctic Expedition

The Soviet Antarctic Expedition was part of the Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute of the Soviet Committee on Antarctic Research of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR....

(1958).