Harmon Bay - Revision history

DukeBearPeninsula: added note on WPS protection

2025-08-12T17:11:53Z

added note on WPS protection

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	==Discovery and name==		==Discovery and name==
	The bay was mapped by the United States Geological Survey from surveys and [[U.S. Navy]] aerial photographs collected during the years 1959–66. Harmon Bay was named by the Advisory Committee on [[Antarctic]] Names after Commander Robert H. Harmon, Executive Officer on the USCGC ''Burton Island'' (WAGB-283) during U.S. Navy Operation Deep Freeze in 1969.		The bay was mapped by the United States Geological Survey from surveys and [[U.S. Navy]] aerial photographs collected during the years 1959–66. Harmon Bay was named by the Advisory Committee on [[Antarctic]] Names after Commander Robert H. Harmon, Executive Officer on the USCGC ''Burton Island'' (WAGB-283) during U.S. Navy Operation Deep Freeze in 1969.

			==Protection by the government==
			On 8 August 2025, [[Grand Duke Travis]] protected part of the bay under the oversight of the [[Westarctican Parks Service]] as part of [[Hamilton Ice Piedmont Conservation Area]].

	[[Category: Geography of Westarctica]]		[[Category: Geography of Westarctica]]

Westarctica: added map

2020-08-23T04:10:28Z

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			[[File:Harmon Bay.jpg\|350px\|thumb\|Map showing location of Harmon Bay along the Bear Peninsula]]
	'''Harmon Bay''' (74°15′S 110°52′W) is an embayment at the north end of the [[Bear Peninsula]], about 7 nautical miles (13 km) wide, defined by the northeast shore of [[Moore Dome]], the terminus of [[Park Glacier]] and the northwest end of the [[Gurnon Peninsula]], on the [[Walgreen Coast]] of [[Westarctica]].		'''Harmon Bay''' (74°15′S 110°52′W) is an embayment at the north end of the [[Bear Peninsula]], about 7 nautical miles (13 km) wide, defined by the northeast shore of [[Moore Dome]], the terminus of [[Park Glacier]] and the northwest end of the [[Gurnon Peninsula]], on the [[Walgreen Coast]] of [[Westarctica]].

Westarctica: article cleanup

2020-08-23T04:05:50Z

article cleanup

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	'''Harmon Bay''' (74°15′S 110°52′W) is an embayment at the north end of the [[Bear Peninsula]], about 7 nautical miles (13 km) wide, defined by the northeast shore of [[Moore Dome]], the terminus of [[Park Glacier]] and the northwest end of the [[Gurnon Peninsula]], on the [[Walgreen Coast]] of Westarctica. It was mapped by the United States Geological Survey from surveys and U.S. Navy aerial photographs, 1959–66~~, and~~ was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names after Commander Robert H. Harmon, Executive Officer on the USCGC Burton Island (WAGB-283) during U.S. Navy Operation Deep Freeze, 1969.		'''Harmon Bay''' (74°15′S 110°52′W) is an embayment at the north end of the [[Bear Peninsula]], about 7 nautical miles (13 km) wide, defined by the northeast shore of [[Moore Dome]], the terminus of [[Park Glacier]] and the northwest end of the [[Gurnon Peninsula]], on the [[Walgreen Coast]] of [[Westarctica]].

			==Discovery and name==
			The bay was mapped by the United States Geological Survey from surveys and [[U.S. Navy]] aerial photographs collected during the years 1959–66. Harmon Bay was named by the Advisory Committee on [[Antarctic]] Names after Commander Robert H. Harmon, Executive Officer on the USCGC ''Burton Island'' (WAGB-283) during U.S. Navy Operation Deep Freeze in 1969.

			[[Category: Geography of Westarctica]]

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'''Harmon Bay''' (74°15′S 110°52′W) is an embayment at the north end of the [[Bear Peninsula]], about 7 nautical miles (13 km) wide, defined by the northeast shore of [[Moore Dome]], the terminus of [[Park Glacier]] and the northwest end of the [[Gurnon Peninsula]], on the [[Walgreen Coast]] of Westarctica. It was mapped by the United States Geological Survey from surveys and U.S. Navy aerial photographs, 1959–66, and was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names after Commander Robert H. Harmon, Executive Officer on the USCGC Burton Island (WAGB-283) during U.S. Navy Operation Deep Freeze, 1969.