Blythe Bay
Blythe Bay is an anchorage at the south-east side of Desolation Island, lying to the north of Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands in the British Antarctic Territory. The bay is bounded by Craggy Island to the northeast, Desolation Island to the north-west, and Wood Island to the south.
The feature was known to American and British sealers as Blythe Bay as early as 1821. In the 1930s, however, the name was applied to a large bay between Williams Point and Cape Shirreff (now Hero Bay), probably from the early description of its lying "on the south side of Desolation Island", which sealers may have taken to mean 'south of Desolation Island'. This error has now been rectified and the name Blythe Bay is approved as originally used. The name is probably after Blyth) in Northumberland, home of William Smith who reported the discovery of the South Shetland Islands in 1819.
Location
- Location map: 62°27’51"S, 60°18’51"W
References
- Gazetteer and Map of The British Antarctic Territory: Blythe Bay
