Seraph Bay (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Seraph Bay (The name as it would appear on a map)
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Feature type: Bay (3)
This name originates from United States of America. It is part of the United States Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.
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An open bay about 15 mi wide, formed at the SE end of Thurston Island. It is bounded by Cape Annawan on the NW, Abbot Ice Shelf on the SW and Dustin Island on the SE Discovered by members of the USAS in flights from the ship Bear in February 1940. The bay was more accurately delineated by the USN Bellingshausen Sea Expedition in February 1960. Named by US-SCAN for the brig Seraph of Stonington, CT, which in 1830, under Capt. Benjamin Pendleton, sailed westward from the South Shetland Islands, reaching as far as 101W, south of 60S.
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