Admiralty Bay
Admiralty Bay is a capacious natural harbour on the south coast of King George Island in the South Shetland Islands, part of the British Antarctic Territory.
The mouth of the bay is between Demay Point and Martins Head. It was roughly charted by Powell in 1820-22 and named after the Board of Admiralty. Later maps also appear to name the feature 'King George Bay' and variants on this; a name now given to King George Bay just to the east of this coast,
The bay was further charted by the French Antarctic Expedition, 1908-10, in December 1909. It was recharted by Discovery Investigations in 1934-35, on which survey astronomical observations were obtained. A Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey station ('Base G' or 'Admiralty Bay') was established on the Keller Peninsula on 25 January 1947 and occupied temporarily until 23 March 1947, then re-occupied on 18 January 1948, and maintained continuously until 19 January 1961.
A number of South American nations have had stations on Admiralty Bay: a small Argentine hut was built and occupied close to the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey station for a month early in 1948, but was later demolished ;a Brazilian station (Comandante Ferraz) was built near the old British station in 1984 initially for summer occupation; and a Peruvian station was established on the west side of the Keller Peninsula in the 1988-89 season.
The west shore of the bay was designated SSSI No.8 under the Antarctic Treaty.[1]
Location
- Location map:62°6’25"S, 58°25’17"W
References
- ↑ SPRI, 1986, p.227
- Gazetteer and Map of The British Antarctic Territory: Admiralty Bay
