Cranton Bay

Cranton Bay
Cranton Bay is located in Antarctica
Cranton Bay
Cranton Bay
LocationEllsworth Land, Antarctica
Coordinates74°10′S 102°10′W / 74.167°S 102.167°W / -74.167; -102.167 (Cranton Bay)
Ocean/sea sourcesAmundsen Sea

Cranton Bay (74°10′S 102°10′W / 74.167°S 102.167°W / -74.167; -102.167 (Cranton Bay)) is a bay about 20 nautical miles (37 km; 23 mi) long and wide, lying south of the Canisteo Peninsula, Antarctica, at the eastern end of the Amundsen Sea. The southern limit of the bay is formed by the Backer Islands and an ice shelf which separates this bay from Pine Island Bay.[1]

  1. ^ Alberts 1995, pp. 159–160.