Hanusse Bay

Hanusse Bay is a broad, V-shaped bay, off the west coast of Graham Land in the British Antarctic Territory, lying between the mainland Loubet Coast and the north-eastern shore of Adelaide Island.

The bay is 20 nautical miles long and trends generally north-south. It is bordered by Cape Mascart on Adelaide Island, and Shmidt Point on the Arrowsmith Peninsula, on the mainland Loubet Coast. At its north entrance, the Isacke Passage separates it from Liard Island. It is bounded to the south by a line from Landauer Point, the north point of Hansen Island and Bagnold Point on Arrowsmith Peninsula.

The bay was discovered and first charted by the French Antarctic Expedition of 1908–1910, under Jean-Baptiste Charcot, and named by him for the director of the Hydrographic Service of the French Navy, Ferdinand Isidore Hanusse (1848–1921). Isacke Passage was also charted Charcot's expedition though its name is much later.

The bay was sketched from the air by the British Graham Land Expedition in 1936. It was photographed from the air by the Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition in 1947. Following ground survey by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey from "Stonington Island" in 1948, the name 'Hanusse Bay' was applied to the whole feature.

The bay was further photographed from the air by the Falkland Islands and Dependencies Aerial Survey Expedition, 1956-57, and further surveyed by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey from "Detaille Island", 1956-59.

Location

• Location map: 66°58’15"S, 67°32’37"W

References

• Gazetteer and Map of The British Antarctic Territory: Hanusse Bay