Security Bay

Security Bay is a bay lying between Homeward and Gauthier Point on the north side of Doumer Island, in the Palmer Archipelago. First charted by the French Antarctic Expedition under Charcot, 1903–05.

Type: Cove
Description: bay
Also known as: “Sin Nombre, bahia”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Doumer Hill and Stokes Hill.

Doumer Hill

Peak

Doumer Hill is a snow-covered pyramidal hill, 515 metres high, forming the summit of Doumer Island in the Palmer Archipelago. It was first charted by the French Antarctic Expedition, 1903–05, under Jean-Baptiste Charcot, and was named in 1958 by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee, in association with Doumer Island.

Stokes Hill

Peak

Stokes Hill is a small but prominent rocky peak, 270 m, lying 1 nautical mile southeast of Doumer Hill on Doumer Island, in the Palmer Archipelago. First charted by the French Antarctic Expedition under Charcot, 1903–05. Stokes Hill is situated 3 km southeast of Security Bay.

Yelcho Base

Dwelling

Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.

Yelcho Base is a Chilean Antarctic research base. It is located on the shore of the South Bay, Doumer Island. The station was built in 1962 by the Chilean Army and was given to the INACH in 1980. Yelcho Base is situated 3 km south of Security Bay.

Security Bay

Latitude

-64.84979° or 64° 50′ 59″ south

Longitude

-63.59203° or 63° 35′ 31″ west

Open location code

377R5C25+35

GeoNames ID

6624995

Wikidata ID

Q141620

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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Chinese to Swedish—“Security Bay” goes by many names.

Chinese: “錫丘里蒂灣”
German: “Security Bay”
Italian: “Baia della sicurezza”
Norwegian Nynorsk: “Security Bay”
Spanish: “Sin Nombre, bahía”
Swedish: “Sin Nombre, bahía”

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Highlights include Homeward Point and Gauthier Point.

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