Bratina Lagoon is a tidal lagoon of sand flats, ponds, and channels, about long and wide, located on the southwest side of

Bratina Island Bratina Island is a small island lying at the north tip of Brown Peninsula in the Ross Ice Shelf. It was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names in 1963 for Chief Aviation Machinists Mate Joseph Bratina, U.S. Navy Squadron VX-6, stati ...

, which lies off the northern tip of Brown Peninsula,

Ross Ice Shelf The Ross Ice Shelf is the largest ice shelf of Antarctica (, an area of roughly and about across: about the size of France). It is several hundred metres thick. The nearly vertical ice front to the open sea is more than long, and between hi ...

. It was named by the New Zealand Geographic Board at the suggestion of

Clive Howard-Williams Clive is a name. People and fictional characters with the name include: People Given name * Clive Allen (born 1961), English football player * Clive Anderson (born 1952), British television, radio presenter, comedy writer and former barrister * ...

in association with Bratina Island.

References

* Lagoons of Antarctica Landforms of Victoria Land Scott Coast {{ScottCoast-geo-stub