Bone Bay () is a rectangular

bay A bay is a recessed, coastal body of water that directly connects to a larger main body of water, such as an ocean, a lake, or another bay. A large bay is usually called a Gulf (geography), gulf, sea, sound (geography), sound, or bight (geogra ...

along the northwest coast of

Trinity Peninsula Trinity Peninsula is the northernmost part of the Antarctic Peninsula. It extends northeastward for about 130 km (80 mi) to Cape Dubouzet from an imaginary line connecting Cape Kater on the north-west coast and Cape Longing on the sou ...

. It is nearly 10 nautical miles (18 km) wide at the entrance between

Notter Point Bone Bay () is a rectangular bay along the northwest coast of Trinity Peninsula. It is nearly 10 nautical miles (18 km) wide at the entrance between Notter Point and Cape Roquemaurel. The bay and most of its constituent features were charted by t ...

and

Cape Roquemaurel Cape Roquemaurel () is a prominent rocky Antarctic headland at the east side of the entrance to Bone Bay, on the north side of Trinity Peninsula. Discovered by a French expedition, 1837–40, under Captain Jules Dumont d'Urville, and named by him fo ...

. The bay and most of its constituent features were charted by the

Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey The British Antarctic Survey (BAS) is the United Kingdom's national polar research institute. It has a dual purpose, to conduct polar science, enabling better understanding of global issues, and to provide an active presence in the Antarctic on ...

(FIDS) in 1948, and later named by

United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee (or UK-APC) is a United Kingdom government committee, part of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, responsible for recommending names of geographical locations within the British Antarctic Territory (BAT) and ...

(UK-APC). Bone Bay was named after Thomas M. Bone, midshipman on the brig ''Williams'' used in exploring the

South Shetland Islands The South Shetland Islands are a group of Antarctic islands with a total area of . They lie about north of the Antarctic Peninsula, and between southwest of the nearest point of the South Orkney Islands. By the Antarctic Treaty of 195 ...

and

Bransfield Strait Bransfield Strait or Fleet Sea ( es, Estrecho de Bransfield, Mar de la Flota) is a body of water about wide extending for in a general northeast – southwest direction between the South Shetland Islands and the Antarctic Peninsula. History ...

in 1820. Young Point is a rocky point south of Cape Roquemaurel at the east side of Bone Bay, named for Adam Young, surgeon on the ''Williams.'' There are several named islands and rocks in the bay. Blake Island is a narrow ice-free island long, named for Pattrick J. Blake, midshipman on the ''Williams''. The Whaleback Rocks is a group of low rocks lying west of Blake Island, descriptively named by FIDS. Boyer Rocks are a small group of rocks in the northeast corner of Bone Bay, southwest of Cape Roquemaurel, named for Joseph Boyer, a French naval officer on the ''Astrolabe'' during her Antarctic voyage (1837–40).

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