Marguerite Bay or Margaret Bay is an extensive bay on the west side of the Antarctic Peninsula , which is bounded on the north by Adelaide Island and on the south by Wordie Ice Shelf , George VI Sound and Alexander Island . The mainland coast on the Antarctic Peninsula is Fallières Coast . Islands within the bay include Pourquoi Pas Island , Horseshoe Island , Terminal Island , and Lagotellerie Island . Marguerite Bay was discovered in 1909 by the French Antarctic Expedition under Jean-Baptiste Charcot , who named the bay for his wife.
5-658: The Dion Islands are a group of small islands and rocks lying in the northern part of Marguerite Bay , 11 kilometres (6 nmi) south-west of Cape Alexandra, Adelaide Island , off the west coast of the Antarctic Peninsula . They were discovered by the French Antarctic Expedition, 1908–10 , and named by Jean-Baptiste Charcot for the Marquis Jules-Albert de Dion , who donated three motor sledges and whose De Dion-Bouton works produced equipment for
10-552: A group of insular, ice-covered rocks that rise to about 250 cm above sea level in the southwest part of Marguerite Bay, east-southeast of Terminal Island. The rocks were roughly charted from RRS association with Mushroom Island and Puffball Islands . Endurance Reef is a reef in Marguerite Bay, lying 8 miles (13 km) west of Red Rock Ridge . The name is after HMS Endurance which at this position in February 1972 struck
15-480: A rock in a depth of 2 metres (7 ft). The area was surveyed by boats from the Endurance in 1973 when similar depths were found up to 1 mile (1.6 km) south-southwest of the rock. Harvey Shoals ( 68°11′S 67°9′W / 68.183°S 67.150°W / -68.183; -67.150 ) are three shoal patches located between Miller Island and Northstar Island in Marguerite Bay. They were charted by
20-479: The expedition. The islands have been identified as an Important Bird Area (IBA) by BirdLife International because they support a breeding colony of about 500 pairs of imperial shags . There is also a small colony of about 150 pairs of emperor penguins , the second-most northerly known of this species (the most northerly being Snow Hill Island ) and one of only two on land. The site has been designated an Antarctic Specially Protected Area (ASPA 107) because of
25-421: The penguin colony. However, this colony was reported lost due to climatic changes in 2011. [REDACTED] This article incorporates public domain material from "Dion Islands" . Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey . This Adelaide Island location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Marguerite Bay Toadstool Rocks are
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