COMPOSITE GAZETTEER OF ANTARCTICA

between Cape Murdoch and Point Rae, Laurie Island, bounded to the W by Mossman Peninsula, was roughly charted by Powell and Palmer in 1821; further charted by Weddell in 1822; recharted by SNAE and named, 26 March 1903, after the expedition ship Scotia (ex-Hekla), Norwegian whaler rebuilt in 1902 by the Ailsa Shipbuilding Co., Troon, Scotland, which wintered in the bay (Bruce and others, chart, [1903c]; Bruce, 1905b, map facing p.322; BA chart 3175, 7.vii.1933; 1775, 17.viii.1934; APC, 1955, p.19). The SNAE meteorological observatory was sited at the head of the bay; it was called "Omond House" after Robert Traill Omond (1858-1914), of Edinburgh (first Superintendent of the meteorological station on Ben Nevis, 1883-95), and was occupied continuously from 25 March to 27 November 1903; also called "Copland Observatory" (Brown, 1906, p.108). The station was handed over, 22 February 1904, to the Oficina Meteorológica Argentina which named it "Orcadas" [=Orkneys]; it has since been continuously occupied, being manned by naval personnel from 1951. Scotia-Baai (Ruys, 1905, p.113). Bahía Scotia (Jalour, [1907b], map following p.196; Pierrou, 1970, p.665). Scottish Bay (Sørlle, chart, 1912). Bahía Escocia [translation of English name] (Hoxmark, 1924). Scottish Bukt (Sørlle, chart, [1930]). Baia Scotia (Passera, 1932). The bay was recharted by DI in 1933 and in 1937, when astronomical observations were obtained, 11 February (Hill, 1937). Baie Scotia (France. SHM chart 1148, 1947). Scotia-Bucht (Capurro, 1955, p.153). Bahía Buchan, in error (Buchan Bay, q.v.) (Argentina. IGM map 3738, 1958). "Orkadas" (Nudel'man, 1960, loose map). "Destacamento Orcadas", "Destacamento Naval Orcadas" (Pierrou, 1970, p.532, 565). "Orcadas Scientific Station" (BA, 1974, p.151).

Bay 2.5 mi wide, lying immediately E of Mossman Peninsula on the S side of Laurie Island, in the South Orkney Islands. Discovered and roughly charted in the course of the joint cruise by Capt. George Powell and Capt. Nathaniel Palmer in 1821. Surveyed in 1903 by the ScotNAE under Bruce. He named it for the expedition ship Scotia.