Seraph Bay
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Seraph Bay is an open bay
about 15 nautical miles (28 km) wide, formed at the southeast end of Thurston Island
. It is bounded by Cape Annawan
on the northwest, Abbot Ice Shelf
on the southwest and Dustin Island
on the southeast Discovered by members of the United States Antarctic Service (USAS) in flights from the ship Bear in February 1940. The bay was more accurately delineated by the U.S. Navy Bellingshausen Sea Expedition in February 1960. Named by US-SCAN for the brig Seraph of Stonington, CT, which in 1830, under Captain Benjamin Pendleton, sailed westward from the South Shetland Islands
, reaching as far as 101W, south of 60S.
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 15 nautical miles (28 km) wide, formed at the southeast end of Thurston Island
Thurston Island
Thurston Island is an ice-covered, glacially dissected island, long, wide and in area, lying a short way off the NW end of Ellsworth Land, Antarctica. It is the third largest island of Antarctica, after Alexander Island and Berkner Island...
. It is bounded by Cape Annawan
Cape Annawan
Cape Annawan is an ice-covered cape which marks the east extremity of Thurston Island and the northwest entrance to Seraph Bay. Discovered in helicopter flights from the USS Burton Island and Glacier by personnel of the U.S. Navy Bellingshausen Sea Expedition in February 1960...
on the northwest, Abbot Ice Shelf
Abbot Ice Shelf
The Abbot Ice Shelf is an ice shelf long and wide, bordering Eights Coast from Cape Waite to Phrogner Point in Antarctica. Thurston Island lies along the northern edge of the western half of this ice shelf; other sizable islands lie partly or wholly within this shelf.The ice shelf was sighted by...
on the southwest and Dustin Island
Dustin Island
Dustin Island is an island about 29 km long, lying 24 km southeast of Cape Annawan, Thurston Island. The feature forms the SE limit of Seraph Bay....
on the southeast Discovered by members of the United States Antarctic Service (USAS) in flights from the ship Bear in February 1940. The bay was more accurately delineated by the U.S. Navy Bellingshausen Sea Expedition in February 1960. Named by US-SCAN for the brig Seraph of Stonington, CT, which in 1830, under Captain Benjamin Pendleton, sailed westward from the South Shetland Islands
South Shetland Islands
The South Shetland Islands are a group of Antarctic islands, lying about north of the Antarctic Peninsula, with a total area of . By the Antarctic Treaty of 1959, the Islands' sovereignty is neither recognized nor disputed by the signatories and they are free for use by any signatory for...
, reaching as far as 101W, south of 60S.