Lafond Bay
Lafond Bay (63°27′S 58°10′W) is a bay, 3 nautical miles (6 km) wide, which lies south of the Cockerell Peninsula of the Trinity Peninsula in Antarctica. Its head is fed by Sestrimo Glacier.
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Lafond Bay
Location of Lafond Bay
Trinity Peninsula in Antarctica
Trinity Peninsula in Antarctica
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Location of Trinity Peninsula.
The bay was surveyed by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (1960–61), and was named by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee after Lieutenant Pierre Lafond, a French naval officer on the Astrolabe during her Antarctic voyage (1837–40).[1]
References
- "Lafond Bay". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2013-05-23.
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