[2] Lanchester Bay was photographed by Hunting Aerosurveys in 1955–57 and mapped from these photos by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS).

It was named by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) in 1960 for Frederick W. Lanchester (1868-1946), an aeronautical engineer who laid the foundations of modern airfoil theory.

An ice-covered buttress rising to 1,719 metres (5,640 ft)[3] high on the northwest side of Detroit Plateau on Davis Coast in Graham Land.

Named by the UK-APC in 1960 for Félix du Temple de la Croix (1823-90), French naval officer who in 1857 designed the first powered model airplane to rise unaided, fly freely and land safely.

Draining northwestwards, and turning south of Chanute Peak to flow westwards into Orléans Strait at the head of Lanchester Bay.

Named for the Bulgarian pioneer of aviation Rayna Kasabova (1897-1957), a volunteer in the First Balkan War who became the first woman to take part in a combat air mission on October 30, 1912.

A peak on the east side of Lanchester Bay, 4 nautical miles (7.4 km; 4.6 mi) south of Wennersgaard Point.

Named by UK-APC for Octave Chanute (1832-1910), American designer of gliders who first introduced moveable planes for the purpose of control and stability, 1896-97.

A conspicuous rocky point on the east side of Lanchester Bay formed by an offshoot of Chanute Peak.

Named for the Bulgarian pioneer of aviation Radul Milkov (1883-1962) who, while on a joint combat air mission with Prodan Tarakchiev during the First Balkan War, used the first air-dropped bombs on October 16, 1912.