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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]] | ||