Börgen Bay () is a bay wide, indenting the southeast coast of

Anvers Island Anvers Island or Antwerp Island or Antwerpen Island or Isla Amberes is a high, mountainous island long, the largest in the Palmer Archipelago of Antarctica. It was discovered by John Biscoe in 1832 and named in 1898 by the Belgian Antarctic ...

in the

Palmer Archipelago Palmer Archipelago, also known as Antarctic Archipelago, Archipiélago Palmer, Antarktiske Arkipel or Palmer Inseln, is a group of islands off the northwestern coast of the Antarctic Peninsula. It extends from Tower Island in the north to Anver ...

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. Canty Point marks the west side of the entrance to Börgen Bay, while Bay Point marks the east entrance.

Billie Peak Billie Peak () is a peak, high, which rises east-northeast of Bay Point on the southeast coast of Anvers Island, in the Palmer Archipelago. It was discovered by the Belgian Antarctic Expedition, 1897–99, under Gerlache. The name appears on a ch ...

stands east-northeast of Bay Point. The bay and its headlands were first charted by the

Belgian Antarctic Expedition The Belgian Antarctic Expedition of 1897–1899 was the first expedition to winter in the Antarctic region. Led by Adrien de Gerlache de Gomery aboard the RV ''Belgica'', it was the first Belgian Antarctic expedition and is considered the firs ...

, 1897–99. The bay was named by the expedition's leader,

Adrien de Gerlache Baron Adrien Victor Joseph de Gerlache de Gomery (; 2 August 1866 – 4 December 1934) was a Belgian officer in the Belgian Royal Navy who led the Belgian Antarctic Expedition of 1897–99. Early years Born in Hasselt in eastern Belgium as th ...

, for Karl Börgen, the German

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. Canty Point was later surveyed by the

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(FIDS) in 1955. It was named by the

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for John Canty of FIDS, radio operator/mechanic at the

Arthur Harbour Arthur is a common male given name of Brythonic origin. Its popularity derives from it being the name of the legendary hero King Arthur. The etymology is disputed. It may derive from the Celtic ''Artos'' meaning “Bear”. Another theory, more ...

station in 1955 and a member of the sledging party which visited the point. Bay Point is first named on a chart based on a 1927

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survey, but may reflect an earlier naming. Both

Hooper Glacier Hooper Glacier () is a glacier long, flowing from the col north of Mount William into the west side of Börgen Bay, Anvers Island, in the Palmer Archipelago, Antarctica. It was surveyed by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) in 195 ...

and William Glacier flow into the bay from inland. Gateway Ridge separates them from one another.

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