Herbert Sound is a sound

Sound

Sound is a mechanical wave that is an oscillation of pressure transmitted through a solid, liquid, or gas, composed of frequencies within the range of hearing and of a level sufficiently strong to be heard, or the sensation stimulated in organs of hearing by such vibrations.-Propagation of...

 in Antarctica extending from Cape Lachman

Cape Lachman

Cape Lachman is a cape marking the north tip of James Ross Island, which lies south of Trinity Peninsula. It was discovered by the Swedish Antarctic Expedition, 1901–04, under Nordenskjold, who named it for J. Lachman, a patron of the expedition....

 and Keltie Head

Keltie Head

Keltie Head is a rounded headland with vertical cliffs which rise to a small ice dome 395 m high, forming the northwest end of Vega Island, south of Trinity Peninsula. Discovered by the Swedish Antarctic Expedition under Nordenskjold, 1901–04, and named by him for Sir John Scott Keltie, Sec. of...

 on the northwest to the narrows between The Naze and False Island Point

False Island Point

False Island Point is a headland 1 nautical mile long and 0.5 nautical miles wide, which is connected by a low, narrow, almost invisible isthmus to the south side of Vega Island, lying south of the northeast end of Antarctic Peninsula. First sighted in February 1902 and charted as an island by...

 on the southeast, separating Vega Island

Vega Island

Vega Island is a small island to the northwest of James Ross Island, on the Antarctic Peninsula.- See also :* Composite Antarctic Gazetteer* List of Antarctic islands south of 60° S* SCAR* Territorial claims in Antarctica- References :...

 from James Ross Island

James Ross Island

James Ross Island is a large island off the southeast side and near the northeastern extremity of Antarctic Peninsula, from which it is separated by Prince Gustav Channel. Rising to , it is irregularly shaped and extends in a north-south direction. It was charted in October 1903 by the Swedish...

 and connecting Prince Gustav Channel

Prince Gustav Channel

The Prince Gustav Channel was named in 1903 after Crown Prince Gustav of Sweden by Otto Nordenskiöld of the Swedish Antarctic Expedition.The channel is bounded on the west by the Antarctic Peninsula and on the east by James Ross Island...

 with Erebus and Terror Gulf

Erebus and Terror Gulf

Erebus and Terror Gulf is a gulf on the southeast side of the tip of Antarctic Peninsula, bordered on the northeast by the Joinville Island group and on the southwest by the James Ross Island group. Named for HMS Erebus and HMS Terror, two British ships, who explored Antarctic waters in 1842-43...

. On January 6, 1843 Captain James Clark Ross

James Clark Ross

Sir James Clark Ross , was a British naval officer and explorer. He explored the Arctic with his uncle Sir John Ross and Sir William Parry, and later led his own expedition to Antarctica.-Arctic explorer:...

 discovered a broad embayment east of the sound, which he named "Sidney Herbert Bay" after the Sidney Herbert

Sidney Herbert, 1st Baron Herbert of Lea

Sidney Herbert, 1st Baron Herbert of Lea PC was an English statesman and a close ally and confidante of Florence Nightingale.-Early life:...

, First Secretary of the Admiralty

First Secretary of the Admiralty

The office of Secretary to the Admiralty or First Secretary to the Admiralty was formerly an important position within the Admiralty of the United Kingdom, which was responsible for the government of the Royal Navy....

. The sound proper was discovered and charted by the Swedish Antarctic Expedition

Swedish Antarctic Expedition

The Swedish Antarctic Expedition was led by Otto Nordenskjöld and Carl Anton Larsen.-Background:Otto Nordenskjöld, a Swedish geologist and geographer, organized and lead a scientific expedition of the Antarctic Peninsula...

, 1901–04, under Otto Nordenskiöld

Otto Nordenskiöld

Nils Otto Gustaf Nordenskjöld was a Finnish and Swedish geologist, geographer, and polar explorer.-Biography:...

, who included it with the broad embayment under the name "Sidney Herbert Sound". The recommended application restricts Herbert Sound to the area west of the narrows between The Naze and False Island Point; the embayment discovered by Ross forms the west margin of Erebus and Terror Gulf.