COMPOSITE GAZETTEER OF ANTARCTICA

between Hannah Point and Miers Bluff, S Livingston Island, was known to sealers from 1820; called Freesland Bay, in association with the original name for the island (Palmer, 1820-21, 4 December 1820) or Captain Bys [sic] Bay, probably after Capt. J. Byers (Byers Peninsula, q.v.) (Burdick, 1820-21, 28 February 1821); charted by Fildes in c.1821 (Fildes, 1821, chart [3]); later named descriptively South Bay (Davis, 1821-22, 16 March 1821; Powell, chart, 1822a; BA chart 1238, 7.ix.1839; 3205, 25.iii.1937; APC, 1955, p.19; BA chart 3205, 23.xi.1962). Elephant Bays, referring collectively to this feature and to Walker Bay and False Bay (Davis, 1821-22, 11 December 1821). Baie du Sud (Powell, 1824a, map facing p.5). Erebys Bay, Erebys Bucht (Ereby Point, q.v.) (Weddell, 1825a, map facing p.132; 1827, third end map). Erebus [sic] Bay (Fildes, 1829). Ereby's or South Bay (Foster and Kendall, chart, 1829a). Bahía d'Ereby ó del Sur (Spain. DH chart 458, 1861). Süd Bai (Friederichsen, 1895, Tafel 7 facing p.304). Baie South (Gerlache, 1902b, p.141). Bahía Sur [translation of English name] (Riso Patron S., 1908, end map; Pierrou, 1970, p.676; Chile. IHA, 1974, p.270). Baie d'Ereby ou du Sud (Charcot, 1912, Pl. 1). Syd B. (HA chart, 1928). The bay was charted by DI, 1930-31. Bahía South (Argentina. MM chart ZZ, 1948). Byers' Bay, referring to Burdick's name in the log of Huntress, which anchored there, 28 February 1821 (Stackpole, 1955, p.69). The bay was photographed from the air by FIDASE, 1956-57, and surveyed from the ground by FIDS, 1957-59. Baia Sud (Zavatti, 1958, Tav. 9). Bukhta Saut (South Union. MMF chart, 1961).

Bay 6 mi long, lying NW of False Bay on the S side of Livingston Island, in the South Shetland Islands. This bay was known to both American and British sealers as early as 1820, and the name has been well established in international usage for over 100 years.

Fue conocida a un mismo tiempo por los cazadores de focas americanos e ingleses a comienzos de 1820, y el nombre Sur está establecido internacionalmente. Mide 2,5 millas de ancho y se encuentra al N-W de bahía Falsa en el lado S de isla Livingston, en las islas Shetland del Sur.