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==Discovery and name== | ==Discovery and name== | ||
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]] in 1967. | 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]] in 1967. | ||
==Island chains== | |||
Several small island chains are located in Cranton Bay, including: | |||
* [[Backer Islands]] | |||
* [[Brownson Islands]] | |||
* Suchland Islands | |||
* McKinzie Islands | |||
* Dyment Island | |||
[[Category: Geography of Westarctica]] | [[Category: Geography of Westarctica]] | ||
Revision as of 06:02, 25 June 2020
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.
Discovery and name
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 in 1967.
Island chains
Several small island chains are located in Cranton Bay, including:
- Backer Islands
- Brownson Islands
- Suchland Islands
- McKinzie Islands
- Dyment Island