Tripp Bay
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Tripp Bay is a bay
along the coast of Victoria Land
formed by a recession in the ice between the Oates Piedmont Glacier
and Evans Piedmont Glacier
. The bay was first charted by the British Antarctic Expedition
, 1907-09. The name appears to have been first used by the British Antarctic Expedition (1910–13) and derives from Tripp Island
which lies within the bay.
Headlands and bays
Headlands and bays are two related features of the coastal environment.- Geology and geography :Headlands and bays are often found on the same coastline. A bay is surrounded by land on three sides, whereas a headland is surrounded by water on three sides. Headlands are characterized by high,...
along the coast of Victoria Land
Victoria Land
Victoria Land is a region of Antarctica bounded on the east by the Ross Ice Shelf and the Ross Sea and on the west by Oates Land and Wilkes Land. It was discovered by Captain James Clark Ross in January 1841 and named after the UK's Queen Victoria...
formed by a recession in the ice between the Oates Piedmont Glacier
Oates Piedmont Glacier
Oates Piedmont Glacier is an extensive lowland piedmont ice sheet east of the Kirkwood Range, occupying the whole of the coastal platform between the Fry and Mawson Glaciers in Victoria Land. Surveyed in 1957 and named by the New Zealand Northern Survey Party of the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic...
and Evans Piedmont Glacier
Evans Piedmont Glacier
Evans Piedmont Glacier is a broad piedmont ice sheet occupying the low-lying coastal platform between Tripp Island and Cape Archer in Victoria Land. Circumnavigated in 1957 by the New Zealand Northern Survey Party of the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition, 1956-58...
. The bay was first charted by the British Antarctic Expedition
Nimrod Expedition
The British Antarctic Expedition 1907–09, otherwise known as the Nimrod Expedition, was the first of three expeditions to the Antarctic led by Ernest Shackleton. Its main target, among a range of geographical and scientific objectives, was to be first to the South Pole...
, 1907-09. The name appears to have been first used by the British Antarctic Expedition (1910–13) and derives from Tripp Island
Tripp Island
Tripp Island is an island in the south part of Tripp Bay along the coast of Victoria Land. Discovered by the British Antarctic Expedition which named this feature for Leonard O.H. Tripp of Wellington, New Zealand, a friend and supporter of Ernest Shackleton....
which lies within the bay.