[1] Download coordinates as: Cranton Bay is on the Walgreen Coast of the Amundsen Sea to the south of the Canisteo Peninsula.
It is the largest island of a small group lying 38 nautical miles (70 km; 44 mi) west-southwest of Canisteo Peninsula.
Named by US-ACAN for F. Jerry Clark who participated in United States Antarctic Research Program (USARP) glaciological-geophysical work at Roosevelt Island, 1961-62, and on traverses from Byrd Station, 1963-64.
A cluster of small islands located 20 nautical miles (37 km; 23 mi) west of the southwest end of Canisteo Peninsula.
Named by US-ACAN for James T. Jaynes, United States Navy, equipment operator at Byrd Station, 1966.
The islands trend northwest for 12 nautical miles (22 km; 14 mi) from the ice shelf which forms the south limit of the bay.
Named by US-ACAN for Walter K. Backer, United States Navy, chief construction mechanic at Byrd Station, 1967.