Hero Bay ( 62°31′S 60°27′W / 62.517°S 60.450°W / -62.517; -60.450 ) is a bay, 17 nautical miles (31 km) wide, which indents for 6 nautical miles (11 km) the northern side of Livingston Island between Cape Shirreff and Williams Point , in the South Shetland Islands . The glaciers Saedinenie Snowfield , Tundzha , Berkovitsa , Medven and Urdoviza feed the bay.
4-562: The name " Blythe Bay ", originally applied to a small bay on the southeast side of Desolation Island on George Powell's chart of 1822 published by Richard Holmes Laurie , was erroneously transferred to this bay in the 1930s. This error has now been rectified, and a new name approved for the feature here described. Hero Bay is named for the American sloop Hero , under Captain Nathaniel B. Palmer , which
8-522: Is an anchorage at the southeast side of Desolation Island , lying north of Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands , Antarctica . The bay is bounded by Craggy Island to the northeast, Desolation Island to the northwest, the Miladinovi Islets to the west and Wood Island to the south. The feature was known to American and British sealers as Blythe Bay as early as 1821. In
12-473: The 1930s, however, the name was applied to a large bay between Williams Point and Cape Shirreff (now Hero Bay ). This error has now been rectified and the name Blythe Bay is approved as originally used. The name is probably after Blythe (now Blyth ), England, home of William Smith who reported the discovery of the South Shetland Islands in 1819. This Livingston Island location article
16-665: Was one of the vessels of the Pendleton sealing fleet from Stonington, Connecticut , which visited the South Shetland Islands in 1820–21. [REDACTED] This article incorporates public domain material from "Hero Bay" . Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey . This Livingston Island location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Blythe Bay Blythe Bay ( 62°28′S 60°20′W / 62.467°S 60.333°W / -62.467; -60.333 )
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