Yule Bay
Encyclopedia
Yule Bay is a bay
indenting the coast of northern Victoria Land
between Cape Hooker
and Cape Dayman
. An inner (western) portion of the bay is circumscribed by Bates Point
and Ackroyd Point
. Discovered by Captain James Clark Ross
, 1841, who named it for Henry B. Yule, Second Master
on the HMS Erebus
.
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...
indenting the coast of northern 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...
between Cape Hooker
Cape Hooker (Antarctica)
Cape Hooker is a cape on the northeast portion of the cove which includes Davis Ice Piedmont, on the north coast of Victoria Land. With Cape Dayman to the east-southeast, it forms an outer entrance point to Yule Bay...
and Cape Dayman
Cape Dayman
Cape Dayman is a cape on the north side of Tapsell Foreland that forms the south side of the entrance to Yule Bay, in Victoria Land. Discovered by Captain James Clark Ross, 1841, who named it after Joseph Dayman, mate on the ship Erebus....
. An inner (western) portion of the bay is circumscribed by Bates Point
Bates Point
Bates Point is an ice-covered headland forming the north side of the entrance to Yule Bay, along the north coast of Victoria Land. It was mapped by the United States Geological Survey from surveys and from U.S. Navy air photos, 1960–63, and named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names...
and Ackroyd Point
Ackroyd Point
Ackroyd Point is a point situated just east of O'Hara Glacier along the south side of the inner portion of Yule Bay, on the north coast of Victoria Land. Mapped by United States Geological Survey from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1960–62. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names ...
. Discovered by 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:...
, 1841, who named it for Henry B. Yule, Second Master
Second Master
Second master was a rating introduced into the Royal Navy in 1753 that indicated a deputy master on third-rate ships of the line or larger.Second masters were paid significantly more than master's mates, £5 5s per month. A second master was generally a master's mate who had passed his examination...
on the HMS Erebus
HMS Erebus (1826)
HMS Erebus was a Hecla-class bomb vessel designed by Sir Henry Peake and constructed by the Royal Navy in Pembroke dockyard, Wales in 1826. The vessel was named after the dark region in Hades of Greek mythology called Erebus...
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