Duse Bay

From View Point looking east across Duse Bay

Duse Bay (63°32′S 57°15′W / 63.533°S 57.250°W / -63.533; -57.250Coordinates: 63°32′S 57°15′W / 63.533°S 57.250°W / -63.533; -57.250) is a bay indenting the south side of Trinity Peninsula between View Point and the western side of Tabarin Peninsula. It was discovered by a party under J. Gunnar Andersson, of the Swedish Antarctic Expedition, 1901–04, and was named by Otto Nordenskiöld, the leader of that expedition, for Lieutenant S.A. Duse.[1]

References

  1. ↑ "Duse Bay". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2012-02-21.

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