Charcot Bay

[2][3] Charcot Bay was discovered by the Swedish Antarctic Expedition (SwedAE), 1901–04, under Otto Nordenskiöld.

He named it for Dr. Jean-Baptiste Charcot, at that time a noted Arctic explorer preparing for his first Antarctic expedition, on which he planned to look for Otto Nordenskiöld whose return was overdue.

A glacier 3 nautical miles (5.6 km; 3.5 mi) long, flowing northeast into Charcot Bay immediately west of Webster Peaks.

Charted in 1948 by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) who named the feature for Doctor J.D.

A glacier which flows northward to discharge into Charcot Bay just west of Almond Point.

The name is descriptive of cloud conditions that prevailed at the time of FIDS survey of the area in 1948.

A glacier flowing northward to the southeast side of Almond Point where it enters Charcot Bay.

A peninsula, 5 nautical miles (9.3 km; 5.8 mi) long, terminating in Cape Kater and forming the west limit of Charcot Bay.

Named in 1977 by the UK-APC after Sir Frank Whittle, Air Commodore, RAF, British pioneer of gas turbines for jet propulsion of aircraft from 1937.

A small cluster of rocks lying 1 nautical mile (1.9 km; 1.2 mi) northwest of Cape Kater, Graham Land.

Its shape was enhanced as a result of Andrew Glacier's retreat in the late 20th and early 21st century.

A noted conservationist, Mr. Lindblad operated the first cruise to Antarctica in 1966 and was a leader in the concept of expedition tourism as a means of environmental awareness.

First charted by the SwedAE, 1901–04, under Otto Nordenskiöld, and named by him probably for Professor Frans Reinhold Kjellman, Swedish botanist.

Group of four rocky peaks, 1,065 metres (3,494 ft) high, standing west of Whitecloud Glacier at the head of Charcot Bay.

Webster, medical officer and naturalist on the Chanticleer, which approached Tower and Trinity Islands off this coast in 1829.

A hill rising to 767 metres (2,516 ft)[17] high east of Whitecloud Glacier.

[22] This article incorporates public domain material from websites or documents of the United States Geological Survey.

Trinity Peninsula, Antarctic Peninsula. Schmidt Peninsula towards northeast end