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'''Siniff Bay''' (74°40′S 135°50′W) is a bay 13 nautical miles (24 km) wide between Verleger Point and [[Melville Point]], along the coast of [[Westarctica]].

==Discovery and name==
Siniff Bay was mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and [[U.S. Navy]] air photos taken during the years 1959-65. The bay was named by the Advisory Committee on [[Antarctic]] Names in honor of Donald B. Siniff, leader of a United States Antarctic Research Program party that studied population dynamics and behavior of [[Weddell seal]]s in the McMurdo Sound area during the 1971-72 season.

He also worked in the [[McMurdo Station]] area the three preceding austral summers and participated in the International Weddell Sea Oceanographic Expedition in 1967-68. Siniff continued to study Weddell seals in McMurdo Sound for many years with his last trip to the [[Antarctic]] in 2000. He is retired from the University of Minnesota and serves as a professor emeritus.

[[Category: Geography of Westarctica]]

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