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[[File:Cranton Bay.png|350px|thumb|Map of Cranton Bay and surrounding features]] | [[File:Cranton Bay.png|350px|thumb|Map of Cranton Bay and surrounding features]] | ||
'''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]]. | '''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== | ==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.\ | ||
==Peerage title== | |||
On 25 June 2020, Daniel Paul Means was granted the [[Peerage of Westarctica|peerage title]] Count of Cranton in recognition of his longstanding support of Westarctica. His original title, Baron of Brownson, was named for the nearby [[Brownson Islands]]. | |||
==Island chains== | ==Island chains== | ||