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Huon Bay ( 63°23′S 58°00′W  /  63.383°S 58.000°W  / -63.383; -58.000  ( Huon Bay ) ) is the bay about ´8 nautical miles (15 km; 9.2 mi) wide between Cape Ducorps and Cape Legoupil, along the north coast of Trinity Peninsula , Antarctica.

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38-523: The Duroch Islands ( 63°18′S 57°54′W  /  63.300°S 57.900°W  / -63.300; -57.900  ( Duroch Islands ) ) are a group of islands and rocks which extend over an area of about 3 nautical miles (5.6 km; 3.5 mi), centred about 1 nautical mile (1.9 km; 1.2 mi) off Cape Legoupil on the north coast of Trinity Peninsula , Antarctica. The islands are close to Chile 's Base General Bernardo O'Higgins Riquelme at Cape Legoupil. The Duroch Islands lie off

76-1110: A French expedition under Captain Jules Dumont d'Urville , 1837–40, who gave the name "Rocher Duroch" to one of the larger islands in the group. The Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS), which charted the islands in 1946, recommended that the name Duroch be extended to include the entire group of islands. They are named for Ensign Joseph Duroch of d'Urville's expedition ship, the Astrolabe . The island group has been identified as an Important Bird Area (IBA) by BirdLife International because they support breeding colonies of several penguin species, including Adélies (800 pairs), chinstraps (9400 pairs) and gentoos (3500 pairs). Download coordinates as: Island, rocks and other features include, from southwest to northeast: 63°19′S 57°57′W  /  63.317°S 57.950°W  / -63.317; -57.950 . A rock lying 0.1 nautical miles (0.19 km; 0.12 mi) west of Saavedra Rock. The Chilean Antarctic Expedition of 1947-48, under

114-616: A French expedition, 1837-40, under Captain Jules Dumont d'Urville, who named it for Lieutenant Charles Jacquinot, commander of the expedition ship Zelee. 63°27′S 58°01′W  /  63.450°S 58.017°W  / -63.450; -58.017 . A 8 kilometres (5.0 mi) long and 3 kilometres (1.9 mi) wide glacier situated northeast of Morro del Paso Peak , north of Misty Pass and northwest of Dabnik Peak . Draining northwards to enter Bransfield Strait east of Cockerell Peninsula. German-British mapping in 1996. Named after

152-561: A French expedition, 1837-40, under Captain Jules Dumont d'Urville, who named it for Lieutenant Charles Jacquinot, commander of the expedition ship Zelee. 63°27′S 58°01′W  /  63.450°S 58.017°W  / -63.450; -58.017 . A 8 kilometres (5.0 mi) long and 3 kilometres (1.9 mi) wide glacier situated northeast of Morro del Paso Peak , north of Misty Pass and northwest of Dabnik Peak . Draining northwards to enter Bransfield Strait east of Cockerell Peninsula. German-British mapping in 1996. Named after

190-841: A dozen or more small rocky islands which lie 1 nautical mile (1.9 km; 1.2 mi) northeast of Largo Island in the northeast part of the Duroch Islands. Named after the University of Wisconsin in Madison, Wisconsin . The name was applied by Martin Halpern, leader of the University of Wisconsin field party which geologically mapped these islands, 1961-62. 63°18′S 57°58′W  /  63.300°S 57.967°W  / -63.300; -57.967 . A small island lying 2 nautical miles (3.7 km; 2.3 mi) northwest of Cape Legoupil. Charted by

228-524: A member of the expedition. 63°18′S 57°56′W  /  63.300°S 57.933°W  / -63.300; -57.933 . A rock which breaks the surface at low water lying 0.05 nautical miles (0.093 km; 0.058 mi) east of Acuna Rocks. Named by the fourth Chilean Antarctic Expedition, 1949-50. 63°17′S 57°56′W  /  63.283°S 57.933°W  / -63.283; -57.933 . A rock lying about 0.7 nautical miles (1.3 km; 0.81 mi) northwest of Largo Island. The name

266-453: The Astrolabe during her Antarctic voyage (1837-40). 63°22′S 57°53′W  /  63.367°S 57.883°W  / -63.367; -57.883 . A pyramidal peak, 475 metres (1,558 ft) high, with exposed rock on its north side, lying 3 nautical miles (5.6 km; 3.5 mi) south of Cape Legoupil and 1 nautical mile (1.9 km; 1.2 mi) east of Huon Bay. Discovered by

304-557: The Mott Snowfield . Cockerell Peninsula , Cape Ducorps and Lafond Bay are to the southwest. A French expedition under Capt. Jules Dumont d'Urville , 1837–40, originally gave the name Huon to a cape in this area after Felix Huon de Kermadec, a member of the expedition. A survey by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) in 1946 did not identify the cape but applied the name to this bay which lies in

342-737: The Schmidt Peninsula at the east end of Huon Bay on the north shore of Trinity Peninsula , which itself is the tip of the Antarctic Peninsula . They are in the Bransfield Strait . The Mott Snowfield is to the east and the Laclavère Plateau to the south. The main features are Kopaitic Island, Largo Island and the Wisconsin Islands. Nearby features include Bulnes Island and Link Island. The Duroch Islands were discovered by

380-574: The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) for Charles Gervaize, French naval officer on the Astrolabe during her Antarctic voyage (1837-40). 63°22′S 57°53′W  /  63.367°S 57.883°W  / -63.367; -57.883 . A pyramidal peak, 475 metres (1,558 ft) high, with exposed rock on its north side, lying 3 nautical miles (5.6 km; 3.5 mi) south of Cape Legoupil and 1 nautical mile (1.9 km; 1.2 mi) east of Huon Bay. Discovered by

418-767: The 1954-55 Chilean Antarctic expedition. 63°19′S 57°55′W  /  63.317°S 57.917°W  / -63.317; -57.917 . An island lying 0.3 nautical miles (0.56 km; 0.35 mi) west of Cape Legoupil in the Duroch Islands. Named by the Chilean Antarctic Expedition of 1947 for Lieutenant Boris Kopaitic O'Neill, leader of the Chilean party at Greenwich Island in 1947. 63°18′S 57°55′W  /  63.300°S 57.917°W  / -63.300; -57.917 . A reef with 2 fathoms (12 ft; 3.7 m) of water over it, located 0.2 nautical miles (0.37 km; 0.23 mi) north-northeast of

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456-498: The Chilean Antarctic Expedition of 1947-48 under Capital de Fragata Ernesto González Navarrete. Named by him for Manuel Bulnes Sanfuentes, Minister of National Defense during the preceding Chilean Antarctic Expedition of 1947. 63°16′S 57°56′W  /  63.267°S 57.933°W  / -63.267; -57.933 . A small island at the outer (north) margin of the Duroch Islands, approximately 3 nautical miles (5.6 km; 3.5 mi) northwest of Halpern Point . The island

494-452: The Chilean Antarctic Expedition, 1948, for a daughter of Gabriel González Videla, President of Chile. 63°18′S 57°53′W  /  63.300°S 57.883°W  / -63.300; -57.883 . An elongated island, 1 nautical mile (1.9 km; 1.2 mi) in extent, which is the largest of the Duroch Islands. It lies 1 nautical mile (1.9 km; 1.2 mi) west of Halpern Point. The Chilean Antarctic Expedition, 1947-48, charted

532-585: The Chilean scientific station, General Bernardo O'Higgins. Named by Martin Halpern, leader of the University of Wisconsin field party during geological mapping of this area, 1961–62. Named for Lautaro Ponce, Chief of Antarctic Operations, University of Chile , in appreciation for Chilean logistical support provided to the Wisconsin field party. 63°18′S 57°52′W  /  63.300°S 57.867°W  / -63.300; -57.867 . A cluster of small islands between Ponce Island and Pebbly Mudstone Island in

570-435: The Chilean ship Lientur which assisted in transporting the party during its study of this area. 63°18′S 57°53′W  /  63.300°S 57.883°W  / -63.300; -57.883 . An island 0.1 nautical miles (0.19 km; 0.12 mi) east of Ortiz Island and 0.3 nautical miles (0.56 km; 0.35 mi) southeast of Largo Island. The island lies 1 nautical mile (1.9 km; 1.2 mi) northeast of

608-496: The Duroch Islands on the west side of Kopaitic Island. The anchorage was charted by the Chilean Antarctic Expedition of 1948, which gave the name after Capital de Fragata Ernesto Gonzalez Navarrete, the commander of the expedition. 63°19′S 57°56′W  /  63.317°S 57.933°W  / -63.317; -57.933 . The largest of several rocks at the southwest corner of Gonzalez Anchorage. Named by

646-499: The Duroch Islands. It lies 0.2 nautical miles (0.37 km; 0.23 mi) south of the eastern end of Largo Island and a like distance from the northern coast of Trinity Peninsula. The name was given by Martin Halpern, leader of the University of Wisconsin United States Antarctic Research Program (USARP) field party which geologically mapped the Duroch Islands, 1961-62. It honors Marcos Ortiz G., Captain of

684-587: The President of Chile, Gabriel González Videla. 63°18′S 57°54′W  /  63.300°S 57.900°W  / -63.300; -57.900 . A rock lying just northwest of Silvia Rock in the Duroch Islands. The name appears on a Chilean government chart of 1959. 63°18′S 57°54′W  /  63.300°S 57.900°W  / -63.300; -57.900 . A rock lying in the Duroch Islands just southeast of Agurto Rock and 0.3 nautical miles (0.56 km; 0.35 mi) north of Cape Legoupil . Named by

722-603: The approach to Huon Bay, 3 nautical miles (5.6 km; 3.5 mi) northeast of Cape Ducorps . Discovered in March 1838 by Captain Jules Dumont d'Urville , who named the rocks for Lieutenant François Barlatier Demas of the expedition ship Astrolabe . The rocks were surveyed by FIDS in 1946. 63°21′S 58°06′W  /  63.350°S 58.100°W  / -63.350; -58.100 . A group of rocks about 3 nautical miles (5.6 km; 3.5 mi) north-northeast of Cape Ducorps. Mapped from surveys by FIDS (1960-61). Named by

760-734: The command of Navy Captain Ernesto Gonzdlez Navarrete, made a survey of this area and gave the name "Islote Astrónomo Romero" after Astronomer of the Chilean Army Guillermo Romero González who was a member of the expedition and did astronomical work in the Antarctic. Around 1951 the name "Islote Romero" began to be used to avoid the compound name. The present name, Romero Rock, has been in use since 1962. 63°19′S 57°56′W  /  63.317°S 57.933°W  / -63.317; -57.933 . An anchorage in

798-553: The expedition. The incorrect form Legoupil has been used so extensively that in this special case it is accepted. 63°19′S 57°55′W  /  63.317°S 57.917°W  / -63.317; -57.917 . A small extension of the northeast corner of Huon Bay immediately south of Cape Legoupil. Named by the Chilean Antarctic Expedition after their ship Covadonga, which first used this anchorage in 1947-48. 63°21′S 58°02′W  /  63.350°S 58.033°W  / -63.350; -58.033 . A group of rocks in

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836-473: The feature as three islands to which the personal names Rozas, Swett, and Horn were applied. Charted as one island by Martin Halpern, leader of the University of Wisconsin geological party in this area, 1961-62, who reported the name "Largo" (meaning long) to be the only one used by Chilean officials at the nearby General Bernardo O'Higgins Station. 63°18′S 57°52′W  /  63.300°S 57.867°W  / -63.300; -57.867 . An island in

874-428: The fifth Chilean Antarctic Expedition, 1950-51, for Lieutenant Colonel Eduardo Saavedra R., chief army delegate aboard the ship Lautaro. 63°19′S 57°56′W  /  63.317°S 57.933°W  / -63.317; -57.933 . An island immediately southwest of Kopaitic Island in the Duroch Islands. The name appears on a Chilean government chart of 1959. Presumably named for Comodoro Jorge Gándara, leader of

912-437: The name Huon to a cape in this area after Felix Huon de Kermadec, a member of the expedition. A survey by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) in 1946 did not identify the cape but applied the name to this bay which lies in the same area. Features and nearby features include, from northeast to southwest, 63°19′S 57°54′W  /  63.317°S 57.900°W  / -63.317; -57.900 . Cape at

950-577: The north coast of Trinity Peninsula , Antarctica. Download coordinates as: Huon Bay is in Graham Land on the north coast of the Trinity Peninsula , which forms the tip of the Antarctic Peninsula . It is southwest of the Schmidt Peninsula and northwest of the Laclavère Plateau . The Chilean Base General Bernardo O'Higgins Riquelme is to the east of the bay, as are the Duroch Islands and

988-478: The north coast of the Trinity Peninsula , which forms the tip of the Antarctic Peninsula . It is southwest of the Schmidt Peninsula and northwest of the Laclavère Plateau . The Chilean Base General Bernardo O'Higgins Riquelme is to the east of the bay, as are the Duroch Islands and the Mott Snowfield . Cockerell Peninsula , Cape Ducorps and Lafond Bay are to the southwest. A French expedition under Capt. Jules Dumont d'Urville , 1837–40, originally gave

1026-423: The north end of Kopaitic Island in the Duroch Islands. Named by the second Chilean Antarctic Expedition (1948) after a boatswain by the name Gutierrez. 63°18′S 57°56′W  /  63.300°S 57.933°W  / -63.300; -57.933 . Two rocks lying 0.4 nautical miles (0.74 km; 0.46 mi) west of Largo Island. Named by the Chilean Antarctic Expedition, 1947-48, after Sub-Teniente Acuñna,

1064-483: The northeast corner of Huon Bay immediately south of Cape Legoupil. Named by the Chilean Antarctic Expedition after their ship Covadonga, which first used this anchorage in 1947-48. 63°21′S 58°02′W  /  63.350°S 58.033°W  / -63.350; -58.033 . A group of rocks in the approach to Huon Bay, 3 nautical miles (5.6 km; 3.5 mi) northeast of Cape Ducorps . Discovered in March 1838 by Captain Jules Dumont d'Urville , who named

1102-519: The northeast side of the entrance to Huon Bay, terminating in the Schmidt Peninsula. Discovered by a French expedition under Captain Jules Dumont d'Urville, 1837-40, and named for artist Ernest Goupil, who died on the expedition. The incorrect form Legoupil has been used so extensively that in this special case it is accepted. 63°19′S 57°55′W  /  63.317°S 57.917°W  / -63.317; -57.917 . A small extension of

1140-456: The northern coast of Trinity Peninsula directly south of the eastern part of the Duroch Islands. Named by US-ACAN for Martin Halpern of the Geophysical and Polar Research Center, University of Wisconsin, Madison, leader of the field party which geologically mapped this area, 1961-62. 63°17′S 57°51′W  /  63.283°S 57.850°W  / -63.283; -57.850 . A group of

1178-605: The northwest coast of the Trinity Peninsula. Discovered in February 1838 by Captain Jules Dumont d'Urville, who named it for Ensign Louis Tardy de Montravel of the expedition ship Zelée . [REDACTED]  This article incorporates public domain material from websites or documents of the United States Geological Survey . Cape Legoupil Download coordinates as: Huon Bay is in Graham Land on

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1216-478: The rocks for Lieutenant François Barlatier Demas of the expedition ship Astrolabe . The rocks were surveyed by FIDS in 1946. 63°21′S 58°06′W  /  63.350°S 58.100°W  / -63.350; -58.100 . A group of rocks about 3 nautical miles (5.6 km; 3.5 mi) north-northeast of Cape Ducorps. Mapped from surveys by FIDS (1960-61). Named by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) for Charles Gervaize, French naval officer on

1254-415: The same area. Features and nearby features include, from northeast to southwest, 63°19′S 57°54′W  /  63.317°S 57.900°W  / -63.317; -57.900 . Cape at the northeast side of the entrance to Huon Bay, terminating in the Schmidt Peninsula. Discovered by a French expedition under Captain Jules Dumont d'Urville, 1837-40, and named for artist Ernest Goupil, who died on

1292-525: The settlement of Ogoya in Western Bulgaria. [REDACTED]  This article incorporates public domain material from websites or documents of the United States Geological Survey . Cape Legoupil Huon Bay ( 63°23′S 58°00′W  /  63.383°S 58.000°W  / -63.383; -58.000  ( Huon Bay ) ) is the bay about ´8 nautical miles (15 km; 9.2 mi) wide between Cape Ducorps and Cape Legoupil, along

1330-467: The southeast part of Duroch Islands. The group lies 0.5 nautical miles (0.93 km; 0.58 mi) west-southwest of Halpern Point. Named by United States Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Theodore J. Cohen, field assistant with the University of Wisconsin (USARP) party during geological mapping of this area, 1961-62. 63°18′S 57°51′W  /  63.300°S 57.850°W  / -63.300; -57.850 . A small island in

1368-498: The southeast part of Duroch Islands. It lies 0.3 nautical miles (0.56 km; 0.35 mi) southwest of Halpern Point. Named by Martin Halpern, leader of the University of Wisconsin (USARP) party during geological mapping of this area, 1961-62. The principal outcrop of pebbly mudstone was found on this island and provides valuable data to the geologic history of the region. 63°18′S 57°50′W  /  63.300°S 57.833°W  / -63.300; -57.833 . A point on

1406-527: Was charted by the Chilean Antarctic Expedition, 1947-48, and called "Islote Sub-Teniente Ross" or "Islote Ross." Named by US-ACAN after David A. Link, field assistant with the University of Wisconsin (USARP) geological party during reconnaissance of this area, 1960-61. This name avoids possible confusion with James Ross Island . 63°09′S 58°02′W  /  63.150°S 58.033°W  / -63.150; -58.033 . A rock lying 11 nautical miles (20 km; 13 mi) northwest of Cape Legoupil off

1444-445: Was conferred by the first Chilean Antarctic Expedition (1947) for First Lieutenant Custodio Labbé Lippi, navigation officer of the transport ship Angamos. 63°18′S 57°54′W  /  63.300°S 57.900°W  / -63.300; -57.900 . A small rock lying 0.1 nautical miles (0.19 km; 0.12 mi) west of Agurto Rock. Named by the second Chilean Antarctic Expedition, 1948, for Rosa González de Claro, daughter of

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