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Fournier Bay
Location of Fournier Bay in Antarctica
Location of Fournier Bay in Antarctica
Fournier Bay
Location of Anvers Island in the Antarctic Peninsula region
LocationPalmer Archipelago, Antarctica
Coordinates64°31′S 63°06′W / 64.517°S 63.100°W / -64.517; -63.100
TypeBay
EtymologyErnest François Fournier
Part ofPalmer Archipelago
Rhesus Glacier, Thamyris Glacier, Kleptuza Glacier, Altimir Glacier
Ocean/sea sources
Southern Ocean
Max. length8 nautical miles (15 km)
Max. width3 nautical miles (6 km)
IslandsAnvers Island

Fournier Bay is a bay 8 nautical miles (15 km) long and 3 nautical miles (6 km) wide, indenting the northeast coast of Anvers Island immediately west of Briggs Peninsula and south of Dralfa Point, in the Palmer Archipelago, Antarctica. Its head is fed by Rhesus, Thamyris, Kleptuza and Altimir Glaciers.

The bay was probably first seen by a German expedition, 1873–74, under Eduard Dallmann. It was charted by the French Antarctic Expedition, 1903–05, under Jean-Baptiste Charcot, and named by him for Vice Admiral Ernest François Fournier of the French Navy.[1]

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  1. "Fournier Bay". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 4 April 2012.

Public Domain This article incorporates public domain material from "Fournier Bay". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.