Jessie Bay (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Jessie Bay (The name as it would appear on a map)
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Feature type: Bay
This name originates from United Kingdom. It is part of the Gazetteer of the British Antarctic Territory and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.
Names that other countries have for this feature:
between Cape Robertson and Cape Mabel, N coast of Laurie Island, was roughly charted by Weddell, 13 January 1823, when the name Saddle Island Bay was applied to the present feature shown extending NW to Saddle Island (q.v.) (Weddell, 1825a, p.21); further charted by SNAE, 3 April 1903, and named Jessie Bay (as now defined) after Jessie Mackenzie Bruce, wife of Dr W. S. Bruce, Leader of SNAE (Bruce and others, chart, [1903c]; Bruce, 1905b, map facing p.322; BA chart 1775, 17.viii. 1934; APC, 1955, p.12). Bahía de la Isla Saddle (Jalour, [1907b], map following p.196). Jesrie [sic] Bay (Sørlle and Borge, chart, 1913). Jessie Bukt (Sørlle, chart, [1930]). Bahía Uruguay, referring to this feature rather than to Uruguay Cove (q.v.) at the head of the bay (Argentina. MM chart 31, 1930; Pierrou, 1970, p.701). The bay was recharted by DI in 1933. Bahía Jessie (Argentina. CNA, 1947, map p.54). Jesse [sic] Bay (BA, 1961, p.247).
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