bight
The word is derived from Old English ''byht'' (“bend, angle, corner; bay, bight”). In modern English, bight may refer to:
* Bight (geography), recess of a coast, bay, or other curved feature
* Bight (knot), a curved section, slack part, or loo ...
0.5 nautical miles (0.9 km) south of
Spence Harbor
Spence Harbor () is a small bay 1 nautical mile (1.9 km) south of The Turret, along the east coast of Coronation Island, in the South Orkney Islands. Discovered in December 1821 by Captain George Powell, a British sealer in the sloop Dove, ...
along the east coast of
Coronation Island
Coronation Island is the largest of the South Orkney Islands, long and from wide. The island extends in a general east–west direction, is mainly ice-covered and comprises numerous bays, glaciers and peaks, the highest rising to .
History
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, in the
South Orkney Islands
The South Orkney Islands are a group of islands in the Southern Ocean, about north-east of the tip of the Antarctic PeninsulaGeorge Powell and Captain
Nathaniel Palmer
Nathaniel Brown Palmer (August 8, 1799June 21, 1877) was an American seal hunter, explorer, sailing captain, and ship designer. He gave his name to Palmer Land, Antarctica, which he explored in 1820 on his sloop ''Hero''. He was born in Stoning ...
in December 1821. The name Petters Bay appears on a chart drawn by Captain
Petter Sorlle
Petter may refer to:
People:
*Petter (given name)
* W. E. W. Petter, English aircraft designer
*Arlie Petters, a Belizean-American mathematical physicist
*Tom Petters, former CEO and chairman of Petters Group Worldwide
Place names:
*Petter Bay, a ...
in 1912 and corrected by Hans Borge in 1913. It seems likely that this name was first used by Borge and commemorates Captain Sorlle.
Bays of the South Orkney IslandsBights (geography)
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