Back Bay (Antarctica)
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Back Bay is bay 0.5 mile (0.80467 km) wide along the west coast of Graham Land
, entered between Stonington Island
and Fitzroy Island
. The head of the bay is formed by Northeast Glacier
. The bay was first surveyed by the U.S. Antarctic Service, 1939–41, and so named by them because of its location at the rear (northeast) side of Stonington Island.
Graham Land
Graham Land is that portion of the Antarctic Peninsula which lies north of a line joining Cape Jeremy and Cape Agassiz. This description of Graham Land is consistent with the 1964 agreement between the British Antarctic Place-names Committee and the US Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names, in...
, entered between Stonington Island
Stonington Island
Stonington Island is a rocky island lying 1 mile northeast of Neny Island in the eastern part of Marguerite Bay, off the west coast of Graham Land. Stonington Island is located at . Stonington Island, 0.4 miles long from northwest to southeast and 0.2 miles wide formerly connected by a drifted snow...
and Fitzroy Island
Fitzroy Island (Antarctica)
Fitzroy Island is an island east of the southern tip of Stonington Island, lying in Neny Bay at the foot of Northeast Glacier, by which it is partially covered, off the west coast of Graham Land. The island was presumably first sighted in 1936 by the British Graham Land Expedition, and was roughly...
. The head of the bay is formed by Northeast Glacier
Northeast Glacier
Northeast Glacier is a steep, heavily crevassed glacier, 13 miles long and 5 miles wide at its mouth, which flows from McLeod Hill westward and then southwestwards into Marguerite Bay between the Debenham Islands and Roman Four Promontory, on the west coast of Graham Land...
. The bay was first surveyed by the U.S. Antarctic Service, 1939–41, and so named by them because of its location at the rear (northeast) side of Stonington Island.