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[[File:Thurston Island to Jones Mountains.jpg|See map for detailed location of this bay]]
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'''Cranton Bay''' is a bay about 20 nmi (37 km; 23 mi) long and wide, lying south of the [[Canisteo Peninsula]] at the eastern end of the [[Amundsen Sea]] in Westarctica. The southern limit of the bay is formed by the [[Backer Islands]] and an ice shelf which separates this bay from [[Pine Island Bay]]. It was mapped from air photos taken by U.S. Navy Operation Highjump, 1946–47, and named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names for Lieutenant Elmer M. Cranton, U.S. Navy, medical officer and officer in charge at Byrd Station, 1967.
'''Cranton Bay''' is a bay about 20 nmi (37 km; 23 mi) long and wide, lying south of the [[Canisteo Peninsula]] at the eastern end of the [[Amundsen Sea]] in Westarctica. The southern limit of the bay is formed by the [[Backer Islands]] and an ice shelf which separates this bay from [[Pine Island Bay]]. It was mapped from air photos taken by U.S. Navy Operation Highjump, 1946–47, and named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names for Lieutenant Elmer M. Cranton, U.S. Navy, medical officer and officer in charge at Byrd Station, 1967.



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File:Thurston Island to Jones Mountains.jpg
See map for detailed location of this bay

Cranton Bay is a bay about 20 nmi (37 km; 23 mi) long and wide, lying south of the Canisteo Peninsula at the eastern end of the Amundsen Sea in Westarctica. The southern limit of the bay is formed by the Backer Islands and an ice shelf which separates this bay from Pine Island Bay. It was mapped from air photos taken by U.S. Navy Operation Highjump, 1946–47, and named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names for Lieutenant Elmer M. Cranton, U.S. Navy, medical officer and officer in charge at Byrd Station, 1967.

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