Huon Bay () is the bay about ´ wide between

Cape Ducorps Cape Ducorps () is a point marking the north end of Cockerell Peninsula on the north coast of Trinity Peninsula. It was discovered by the French Antarctic Expedition, 1837–40, under Captain Jules Dumont d'Urville Jules Sébastien César D ...

and Cape Legoupil, along the north 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 ...

, Antarctica.

Location

Huon Bay is in

Graham Land Graham Land is the portion of the Antarctic Peninsula that 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 ...

on the north coast of the

, which forms the tip of the

Antarctic Peninsula The Antarctic Peninsula, known as O'Higgins Land in Chile and Tierra de San Martín in Argentina, and originally as Graham Land in the United Kingdom and the Palmer Peninsula in the United States, is the northernmost part of mainland Antarctic ...

. It is southwest of the Schmidt Peninsula and northwest of the

Laclavère Plateau Laclavère Plateau () is a plateau, long and from wide, rising to between Misty Pass and Theodolite Hill, Trinity Peninsula, Antarctica. The plateau rises south of Schmidt Peninsula and the Chilean scientific station, Base General Bernardo O' ...

. The Chilean

Base General Bernardo O'Higgins Riquelme Base General Bernardo O'Higgins Riquelme, also Base Libertador General Bernardo O'Higgins Riquelme, or shortly Bernardo O'Higgins, named after Bernardo O'Higgins, is a permanently staffed Chilean research station in Antarctica and the capital of ...

is to the east of the bay, as are the Duroch Islands and the

Mott Snowfield Mott Snowfield () is a snowfield in the northeast of Trinity Peninsula, Antarctica, between Laclavère Plateau and Antarctic Sound. It was named by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee for Peter G. Mott, leader of the Falkland Islands and Depend ...

Cockerell Peninsula Cockerell Peninsula () is a bulb-shaped peninsula covered in ice, located between Lafond Bay and Huon Bay on the north coast of Trinity Peninsula. It was discovered by the French Antarctic Expedition, 1837–40, under Captain Jules Dumont d'Urv ...

and Lafond Bay are to the southwest.

Exploration and name

A French expedition under Capt.

Jules Dumont d'Urville Jules Sébastien César Dumont d'Urville (; 23 May 1790 – 8 May 1842) was a French explorer and naval officer who explored the south and western Pacific, Australia, New Zealand, and Antarctica. As a botanist and cartographer, he gave his nam ...

, 1837–40, originally gave the name Huon to a cape in this area after Felix Huon de Kermadec, a member of the expedition. A survey 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 1946 did not identify the cape but applied the name to this bay which lies in the same area.

Features

Features and nearby features include, from northeast to southwest,

Cape Legoupil

. Cape at the northeast side of the entrance to Huon Bay, terminating in the Schmidt Peninsula. Discovered by a French expedition under Captain Jules Dumont d'Urville, 1837-40, and named for artist Ernest Goupil, who died on the expedition. The incorrect form Legoupil has been used so extensively that in this special case it is accepted.

Covadonga Harbor

. A small extension of the northeast corner of Huon Bay immediately south of Cape Legoupil. Named by the Chilean Antarctic Expedition after their ship Covadonga, which first used this anchorage in 1947-48.

Demas Rocks

. A group of rocks in the approach to Huon Bay, northeast of

. Discovered in March 1838 by Captain

, who named the rocks for Lieutenant François Barlatier Demas of the expedition ship ''Astrolabe''. The rocks were surveyed by FIDS in 1946.

Gervaize Rocks

. A group of rocks about north-northeast of Cape Ducorps. Mapped from surveys by FIDS (1960-61). Named by the

UK 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) for Charles Gervaize, French naval officer on the ''Astrolabe'' during her Antarctic voyage (1837-40).

Mount Jacquinot

. A pyramidal peak, high, with exposed rock on its north side, lying south of Cape Legoupil and east of Huon Bay. Discovered by a French expedition, 1837-40, under Captain Jules Dumont d'Urville, who named it for Lieutenant Charles Jacquinot, commander of the expedition ship Zelee.

Ogoya Glacier

. A long and wide glacier situated northeast of Morro del Paso Peak, north of

Misty Pass Misty Pass () is a pass, high, between the head of Broad Valley and Ogoya Glacier descending north to Bransfield Strait, situated southeast of Cape Ducorps on Trinity Peninsula, Antarctica. It was mapped by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Sur ...

and northwest of

Dabnik Peak Dabnik Peak ( bg, връх Дъбник, vrah Dabnik, ) is a peak rising to 1038 m ...

. Draining northwards to enter Bransfield Strait east of Cockerell Peninsula. German-British mapping in 1996. Named after the settlement of Ogoya in Western Bulgaria.

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