Hidden Bay
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Hidden Bay is a bay
3 nautical miles (6 km) long, lying between Cape Renard
and Aguda Point
on the northeast coast of Kiev Peninsula
, Graham Land
. First charted by the Belgian Antarctic Expedition
under Gerlache 1897-99. So named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) in 1958 because from the entrance to the bay is hidden by the Screen Islands
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Bay
A bay is an area of water mostly surrounded by land. Bays generally have calmer waters than the surrounding sea, due to the surrounding land blocking some waves and often reducing winds. Bays also exist as an inlet in a lake or pond. A large bay may be called a gulf, a sea, a sound, or a bight...
3 nautical miles (6 km) long, lying between Cape Renard
Cape Renard
Cape Renard is a cape forming the south side of the entrance to Flandres Bay and separating the Danco and Graham Coasts on the west coast of Antarctic Peninsula. Situated on the minor Renard Island just off the north extremity of Kiev Peninsula, and surmounted by Una's Tits. Discovered in 1898 by...
and Aguda Point
Aguda Point
Aguda Point , also variously known as Eclipse Point, Punta Natho or Punta Larga, is a point forming the east side of the entrance to Hidden Bay, on the northeast coast of Kiev Peninsula, Graham Land. First charted by the Belgian Antarctic Expedition under Adrien de Gerlache, 1897–99...
on the northeast coast of Kiev Peninsula
Kiev Peninsula
Kiev Peninsula is the predominantly ice-covered, oval shaped peninsula projecting 35 km in northwest direction from the west side of Graham Land, Antarctic Peninsula. Bounded by Flandres Bay to the northeast and Beascochea Bay to the southwest. Separated from Wilhelm Archipelago to the northwest...
, Graham Land
Graham Land
Graham Land is that portion of the Antarctic Peninsula which 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 the US Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names, in...
. First charted by the Belgian Antarctic Expedition
Belgian Antarctic Expedition
The Belgian Antarctic Expedition of 1897 to 1899, named after its expedition vessel Belgica, was the first expedition to winter in the Antarctic region.- Preparation and Surveying :...
under Gerlache 1897-99. So named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) in 1958 because from the entrance to the bay is hidden by the Screen Islands
Screen Islands
Screen Islands is a group of islands extending northwest from Aguda Point for 1.5 nautical miles across the entrance to Hidden Bay, off the west coast of Graham Land. First charted by the Belgian Antarctic Expedition under Gerlache, 1897-99...
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